Diana Shnaider and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will play each other in the qualifications of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Grandstand 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diana Shnaider who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.61
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 73, Shnaider reached the qualifications after beating Arina Rodionova 3-6 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications against Rodionova, Diana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Shnaider scored 87 points vs Rodionova’s 82. Diana was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shnaider made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 71% of her first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Rodionova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Shnaider has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (100-47). 6-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Shnaider has a compiled31-20 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Hua Hin where she defeated Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1.

The Russian has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Ranked no. 95, the Belarussian got to the qualifications after defeating Xiyu Wang 7-5 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Wang (7-5 6-2). During the match Sasnovich scored 74 points vs Wang’s 62. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Sasnovich blasted 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 55% of her first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Aliaksandra broke Wang 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

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

Previously in Doha

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Sasnovich
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	20
Pts	87-82	74-62
Total Points	169	136
Winners	43	25
%Winners	49%	34%

Both Shnaider and Sasnovich played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Diana Shnaider dropped 1 set while Aliaksandra Sasnovich hasn’t lost a set so far. Shnaider has played 1 set more than Sasnovich (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shnaider played 7 games more than Sasnovich. Shnaider scored 43 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Sasnovich made 25 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Sasnovich
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	64/90	35/64
%1st in	71%	55%
1st pts	43/64	25/35
%1st pts	67%	71%
2nd pts	12/26	11/29
%2nd pts	46%	38%

Shnaider struck 3 aces . Sasnovich struck 3 aces . Shnaider won 67% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sasnovich won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Sasnovich
Won	4	6
Converted	4/10	6/11
% Converted	40%	55%
Conceded	11	5
Saved	8	2
% Saved	73%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Diana surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Aliaksandra broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	Q1 Rodionova	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	87-82	87-82
Total points	169	169
Winners	43	43
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	64/90	64/90
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	43/64	43/64
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

Sasnovich
	Q1 Wang	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	74-62	74-62
Total points	136	136
Winners	25	25
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	35/64	35/64
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	25/35	25/35
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	11/29	11/29
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pavel NejedlyNejedly – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 5-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc SieberSieber – Peter TorebkoTorebko (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Petr NouzaNouza (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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