Qinwen Zheng and Ashlyn Krueger will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.163
Ashlyn Krueger -> 5.2

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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Ashlyn Krueger

There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Ashlyn Krueger since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

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Rank
24
High
4
LWLLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-12 8-6 10-4 0-0 2-2 0-0
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

Ranked no. 13 (career-high), Qinwen will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Australia where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Swiatek in the quarter on the 3rd of January.

Zheng has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 178-78 record. She has a positive 88-44 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Zheng's Record

Ashlyn Krueger

Ashlyn Krueger

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Rank
45
High
29
LLWLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-27 18-17 4-5 0-0 3-5 0-0
2024 29-26 19-17 6-6 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-26 26-15 8-6 2-2 8-3 0-0
2022 34-22 23-17 10-4 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-14 10-11 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 78, Krueger will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-2 7-5 to Kudermetova in the 1st round on the 9th of January.

The American has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Ashlyn has an overall 108-78 record. She has a positive 73-54 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Krueger's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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