Katie Volynets and Carol Zhao will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Volynets who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.171
Carol Zhao -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Carol Zhao
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Volynets and Carol Zhao face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Volynets (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Volynets won 6-0 7-6(9) in the 1st round in the Paris back in 2023.
Katie Volynets
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-9 | 17-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-27 | 22-14 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-26 | 19-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 6-9 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, Volynets reached the qualifications after defeating Suzan Lamens 7-66 7-64.
In the qualifications, Volynets had a good straight sets win against Lamens (7-66 7-64). During the match, Volynets scored 95 points vs Lamens’s 91. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Volynets scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 6 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 82% of her first serves in, winning 56% (44/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 24% (4/17) on the 2nd serve. Katie broke Lamens 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Volynets has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of her matches (158-118). 4-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Volynets has a composed95-67 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Katie’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra.
Katie has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Carol Zhao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-14 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-30 | 14-16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 32-25 | 18-17 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 11-9 | 13-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, Carol got to the qualifications after defeating Valeria Savinykh 6-3 7-67.
In the qualifications, Carol had a good straight sets win against Savinykh (6-3 7-67). During the match Zhao scored 77 points vs Savinykh’s 69. Carol was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhao bagged 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Carol Zhao lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhao put 72% of her first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Zhao broke Savinykh 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Carol has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Volynets | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 22 |
| Pts | 95-91 | 77-69 |
| Total Points | 186 | 146 |
| Winners | 44 | 32 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Volynets and Zhao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Volynets and Zhao have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Volynets played 4 games more than Zhao. The American scored 44 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian managed to score 32 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Volynets | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 78/95 | 51/71 |
| %1st in | 82% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 44/78 | 32/51 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 4/17 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 24% | 55% |
Volynets scored 1 ace . Zhao also fired 6 aces . Volynets won 56% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 24% of the points. On the other side, Zhao won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Volynets | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 46% | 56% |
| Conceded | 17 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 65% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Katie broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Zhao broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Volynets | |||
| Q1 Lamens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 95-91 | 95-91 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 78/95 | 78/95 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 44/78 | 44/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 24% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Zhao | |||
| Q1 Savinykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 77-69 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/71 | 51/71 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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