Qinwen Zheng is 5 wins away to conquer the title at the Australian Open. Qinwen has defeated Ashlyn Krueger 3-6 6-2 6-3 and Katie Boulter 6-3 6-3 to reach the 3rd round where she will face Yafan Wang.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Qinwen Zheng’s projected draw alongsideherpresumable opponents at the Australian Open. The Chinese has a weak record (2-7) with the plausible opponents.

R1 – Ashlyn Krueger (76) – 3-6 6-2 6-3
R2 – Katie Boulter (54) – 6-3 6-3
R3 – Yafan Wang (94) – H2H 0-1
R4 – Clara Burel (51) – H2H 0-0
or Oceane Dodin (95) – H2H 2-1
1/4 – Jasmine Paolini (31) – H2H 2-0
or Sloane Stephens (44) – H2H 2-0
1/2 – Iga Swiatek (1) – H2H 0-5
or Jelena Ostapenko (10) – H2H 3-0
Fin – Aryna Sabalenka (2) – H2H 0-1
or Cori Gauff (4) – H2H 0-0
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R3 – Yafan Wang’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Yafan Wang

23 - 23win/loss in 2025

Rank
61
High
47
LLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-23 20-15 2-4 0-0 1-4 0-0
2023 59-14 35-8 7-1 4-1 13-3 0-1
2022 21-8 3-4 18-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 5-17 0-6 1-7 0-0 4-4 0-0
2020 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 29-24 26-16 0-5 0-0 3-3 0-0
2018 39-25 31-16 5-7 3-1 0-1 0-0
2017 16-11 16-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

Yafan Wang has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. Talking about the previous 12 years, Yafan has a 224-130 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Last year at the Australian Open Yafan didn’t take part in the competition.

H2H Qinwen Zheng vs. Yafan Wang

This match would represent the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Yafan Wang square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

R4 – Clara Burel’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

24 - 29win/loss in 2025

Rank
99
High
42
LWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-29 13-14 7-9 3-2 1-4 0-0
2023 38-18 11-5 17-9 9-3 1-1 0-0
2022 22-29 7-7 11-17 4-4 0-1 0-0
2021 44-20 7-7 18-8 15-4 4-1 0-0
2020 17-11 0-0 7-6 10-5 0-0 0-0
2019 5-5 4-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0
2018 16-10 0-0 13-9 3-1 0-0 0-0
2017 3-2 3-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

Clara Burel has a 4-2 record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. In connection to the last 4 years, Clara has a 29-21 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open Clara lost to Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd round 6-4 6-1

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H2H Qinwen Zheng vs. Clara Burel

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

Nevertheless, Qinwen Zheng may square off with Oceane Dodin. Their H2H is 2-1 for Qinwen Zheng.

1/4 – Jasmine Paolini’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-0 for Qinwen Zheng

42 - 21win/loss in 2025

Rank
4
High
4
WLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-21 19-10 12-5 3-4 8-2 0-0
2023 43-30 20-16 16-8 5-3 2-3 0-0
2022 30-25 14-11 10-10 6-3 0-1 0-0
2021 34-24 17-13 12-7 5-3 0-1 0-0
2020 7-15 1-8 4-5 2-2 0-0 0-0
2019 48-29 12-8 32-14 4-6 0-1 0-0
2018 28-33 9-9 18-18 1-3 0-3 0-0
2017 28-28 10-8 11-9 3-6 4-4 0-1

Jasmine Paolini has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. As for the last 12 years, Paolini has a 111-89 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Last year at the Australian Open the Italian was defeated by Liudmila Samsonova in the 1st round 6-2 6-4.

H2H Qinwen Zheng vs. Jasmine Paolini

This would be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Jasmine Paolini fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Possibly, Qinwen Zheng may compete against Sloane Stephens. Their head to head is 2-0 for Qinwen Zheng

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1/2 – Iga Swiatek’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 5-0 for Iga Swiatek

64 - 9win/loss in 2025

Rank
2
High
1
WWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 64-9 29-5 26-2 7-1 2-1 0-0
2023 68-11 42-8 19-2 0-0 7-1 0-0
2022 67-9 42-6 18-1 5-1 2-1 0-0
2021 36-15 18-10 12-2 2-1 4-2 0-0
2020 16-5 6-4 7-1 3-0 0-0 0-0
2019 34-17 17-8 10-3 4-3 3-3 0-0
2018 43-6 8-1 34-5 1-0 0-0 0-0
2017 11-2 0-0 11-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Iga Swiatek has a 7-0 record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. Regarding the last 9 years, Swiatek has a 140-37 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Her best achievement of the season was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0.

Last year at the Australian Open Swiatek lost to Elena Rybakina in the 4th round 6-4 6-4.

H2H Qinwen Zheng vs. Iga Swiatek

This match would represent the 6th time that Qinwen Zheng and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 5-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard in major tournaments.

On the other hand, Qinwen Zheng could fight against Jelena Ostapenko. Their head to head is 3-0 for Qinwen Zheng.

Final – Aryna Sabalenka’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Aryna Sabalenka

56 - 14win/loss in 2025

Rank
1
High
1
LLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 56-14 38-7 15-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0
2020 29-10 14-7 6-3 9-0 0-0 0-0
2019 39-22 28-12 5-5 4-1 2-4 0-0
2018 51-25 34-13 7-6 3-2 7-4 0-0
2017 36-25 20-11 2-4 6-6 7-3 1-1

Aryna Sabalenka has a 7-1 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. In the previous 9 years, Sabalenka has a 196-86 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Sabalenka’s most significant achievement of the current season was getting to the final Brisbane.

Last year at the Australian Open the Belarussian conquered the title after downing Elena Rybakina 4-6 6-3 6-4.

H2H Qinwen Zheng vs. Aryna Sabalenka

This match would represent the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

On the other hand, Qinwen Zheng could fight against Cori Gauff. Their head to head record is 0-0.