Qinwen Zheng and Yafan Wang will square off in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.17
Yafan Wang -> 5.1

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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Yafan Wang

This will be the 2^nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Yafan Wang clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Wang won 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Liuzhou back in 2018.

Qinwen Zheng

Ranked no. 15, Zheng reached the 3^rd round after beating Ashlyn Krueger 3-6 6-2 6-3 and Katie Boulter 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Boulter (6-3 6-3). During the match, Zheng scored 70 points vs Boulter’s 55. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zheng managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 55% of her first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 34% (11/32) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Boulter 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Zheng has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (180-78). 4-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has a composed90-44 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Chinese has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Yafan Wang

Ranked no. 94, the Chinese reached the 3^rd round after defeating Sorana Cirstea 0-6 7-5 6-2 and Emma Raducanu 6-4 4-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Chinese defeated Raducanu (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Wang scored 113 points vs Raducanu’s 104. Yafan was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Wang fired 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Yafan Wang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 61% of her first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the 2nd serve. Wang broke Raducanu 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Wang has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

Wang has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zheng	Wang
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	44	56
Pts	170-145	194-186
Total Points	315	380
Winners	71	77
%Winners	42%	40%

Both Zheng and Wang played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Qinwen Zheng lost 1 set, while Yafan Wang surrendered 2 sets. Zheng has played 1 set(s) less than Wang (5 vs 6). Therefore, Zheng played 12 games less than Wang. Zheng scored 71 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 77 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zheng	Wang
Aces	19	9
Avg per match	9.5	4.5
1st in	93/172	115/192
%1st in	54%	60%
1st pts	71/93	77/115
%1st pts	76%	67%
2nd pts	30/79	34/77
%2nd pts	38%	44%

Zheng fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Wang made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zheng won 76% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zheng	Wang
Won	10	10
Converted	10/21	10/19
% Converted	48%	53%
Conceded	18	27
Saved	13	18
% Saved	72%	67%
Times Broken	5	9

Zheng broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Qinwen dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Zheng
	R1 Krueger	R2 Boulter	Total
Score	3-6 6-2 6-3	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	26	18	44
pts	100-90	70-55	170-145
Total points	190	125	315
Winners	41	30	71
%Winners	41%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	12	7	19
Double Faults	11	8	19
1st in	54/101	39/71	93/172
% 1st in	53%	55%	54%
1st pts	41/54	30/39	71/93
% 1st pts	76%	77%	76%
2nd pts	19/47	11/32	30/79
% 2nd pts	40%	34%	38%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/15	5/6	10/21
Converted %	33%	83%	48%
Conceded	9	9	18
Saved	6/9	7/9	13
Saved %	67%	78%	73%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Wang
	R1 Cirstea	R2 Raducanu	Total
Score	0-6 7-5 6-2	6-4 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	26	30	56
pts	81-82	113-104	194-186
Total points	163	217	380
Winners	31	46	77
%Winners	38%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	9
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	46/78	69/114	115/192
% 1st in	59%	61%	60%
1st pts	31/46	46/69	77/115
% 1st pts	67%	67%	67%
2nd pts	11/32	23/45	34/77
% 2nd pts	34%	51%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/7	5/12	10/19
Converted %	71%	42%	53%
Conceded	8	19	27
Saved	3/8	15/19	18
Saved %	38%	79%	59%
Times Broken	5	4	9

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