Barbora Krejcikova and Qinwen Zheng will fight against each other in the final of the Zhengzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.8
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Qinwen Zheng

There is no head to head record between Barbora Krejcikova and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
10
High
2
LWWLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-16 7-7 3-5 2-2 9-2 0-0
2023 34-19 22-11 5-5 2-1 5-2 0-0
2022 25-15 12-10 2-3 9-0 2-2 0-0
2021 45-19 27-13 15-3 0-2 3-1 0-0
2020 22-10 7-4 9-4 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 18, Krejcikova reached the final after beating Petra Martic 7-5 6-1, Lesya Tsurenko 6-3 ret. and Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-0.

In the semifinal, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-3 6-0). During the match, Krejcikova scored 72 points vs Kasatkina’s 46. Krejcikova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krejcikova couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Krejcikova broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.

Krejcikova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (297-178). 22-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krejcikova has a composed 113-79 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Dubai where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-2 and in San Diego where she defeated Sofia Kenin in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Krejcikova has an overall 32-17 win-loss record in 2023, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Zhengzhou

Barbora has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhengzhou
Krejcikova's Record

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
5
High
5
LWWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-18 31-10 17-4 3-2 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2020 38-8 3-3 26-3 9-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 24, Zheng got to the final after beating Kateryna Volodko 6-4 6-3, Maria Sakkari 7-62 6-3, Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-2 and Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-3.

In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-2 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 58 points vs Paolini’s 44. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 45% of her first serves in, winning 85% (17/20) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Paolini 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Palermo where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-4 1-6 6-1.

Qinwen has an overall 33-18 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhengzhou
Zheng's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Krejcikova
Q.Zheng
3h:41
3h:41
Time on court​
!
5h:54
5h:54
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:15
1h:15
3
3
Match played
!
4
4
43
43
Games Played​
75
75
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
169
169
Total points​
274
274
56.3
56.3
Avg point​
68.5
68.5
55
55
Winners
102
102
18.3
18.3
Avg Winners​
25.5
25.5
33%
33%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
37
37
1.7
1.7
Avg Aces
9.3
9.3
6
6
Double Faults
13
13
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
55/65
55/65
1st won total​
102/121
102/121
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
27/53
27/53
2nd won total​
44/97
44/97
51%
51%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
13/30
13/30
BP won
17/40
17/40
4.3/10
4.3/10
Avg BP won
4.3/10
4.3/10
43%
43%
Won
43%
43%
6
6
Conceded
16
16
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
3
3
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Krejcikova Zheng
Match played 3 4
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 43 75
Pts 169-118 274-211
Total Points 287 485
Winners 55 102
%Winners 33% 37%

Krejcikova played 3 matches while Zheng competed in 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Krejcikova has played 2 set(s) less than Zheng (6 vs 8). Therefore, Krejcikova played 32 games less than Zheng. Barbora scored 55 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 102 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Krejcikova Zheng
Aces 5 37
Avg per match 1.7 9.3
1st in 65/118 121/218
%1st in 55% 56%
1st pts 55/65 102/121
%1st pts 85% 84%
2nd pts 27/53 44/97
%2nd pts 51% 45%

Krejcikova bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zheng blasted 37 aces (9.3 per match). Krejcikova won 85% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 84% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Krejcikova Zheng
Won 13 17
Converted 13/30 17/40
% Converted 43% 43%
Conceded 6 16
Saved 3 10
% Saved 50% 63%
Times Broken 3 6

Krejcikova broke her opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. Qinwen conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Krejcikova
R2
Martic
1/4
Tsurenko
1/2
Kasatkina
Total
Score 7-5 6-1 6-3 ret. 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 1 2 5
Tot Games 19 9 15 43
pts 66-45 31-27 72-46 169-118
Total points 111 58 118 287
Winners 24 10 21 55
%Winners 36% 32% 29% 33%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 0 5
Double Faults 2 2 2 6
1st in 26/47 14/25 25/46 65/118
% 1st in 55% 56% 54% 55%
1st pts 24/26 10/14 21/25 55/65
% 1st pts 92% 71% 84% 85%
2nd pts 11/21 5/11 11/21 27/53
% 2nd pts 52% 45% 52% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 3 5 13
Converted 5/8 3/6 5/16 13/30
Converted % 63% 50% 31% 43%
Conceded 2 2 2 6
Saved 1/2 1/2 1/2 3
Saved % 50% 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 1 3
Zheng
R1
Bondarenko
R2
Sakkari
1/4
Kalinina
1/2
Paolini
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 7-62 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 19 22 17 17 75
pts 69-52 77-65 70-50 58-44 274-211
Total points 121 142 120 102 485
Winners 20 39 26 17 102
%Winners 29% 51% 37% 29% 37%
SERVE
Aces 11 13 8 5 37
Double Faults 3 5 4 1 13
1st in 21/45 50/79 30/50 20/44 121/218
% 1st in 47% 63% 60% 45% 56%
1st pts 20/21 39/50 26/30 17/20 102/121
% 1st pts 95% 78% 87% 85% 84%
2nd pts 11/24 14/29 9/20 10/24 44/97
% 2nd pts 46% 48% 45% 42% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 2 4 6 17
Converted 5/12 2/6 4/12 6/10 17/40
Converted % 42% 33% 33% 60% 43%
Conceded 3 6 4 3 16
Saved 1/3 5/6 3/4 1/3 10
Saved % 33% 83% 75% 33% 75%
Times Broken 2 1 1 2 6

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