Qinwen Zheng and Anastasia Potapova will face off in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 -> 1.39
Anastasia Potapova -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Anastasia Potapova
This will be the 4th time that Qinwen Zheng and Anastasia Potapova face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Potapova won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 4th round in Miami back in 2023.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs Qinwen Zheng – Miami 27-March-2023
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-14 | 23-8 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Zheng got to the 3rd round after beating Nao Hibino 5-7 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Hibino, Zheng recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-2). During the match, Zheng scored 97 points vs Hibino’s 75. Zheng was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zheng blasted 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was quite effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of her 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Qinwen broke Hibino 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Zheng has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (186-80). 10-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has a compiled96-46 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Qinwen’s best result of the year was reaching the final at the Australian Open .
Zheng has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Anastasia Potapova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 14-12 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-21 | 11-14 | 7-4 | 7-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 14-14 | 18-7 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 11-11 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Lin Zhu 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Lucia Bronzetti 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Potapova had a good straight sets win against Bronzetti (6-0 6-3). During the match Potapova scored 57 points vs Bronzetti’s 37. Anastasia was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Potapova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anastasia Potapova was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (18/24) of her 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Potapova was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Bronzetti 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Potapova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Anastasia has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Potapova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 43 |
| Pts | 97-75 | 149-121 |
| Total Points | 172 | 270 |
| Winners | 36 | 49 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Zheng played 1 match while Potapova competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Qinwen Zheng dropped 1 set, while Anastasia Potapova dropped 1 set. Zheng has played 2 set(s) less than Potapova (3 vs 5). Therefore, Zheng played 15 games less than Potapova. Qinwen scored 36 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Potapova blasted 49 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Potapova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 43/78 | 68/139 |
| %1st in | 55% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 49/68 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 38/71 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 54% |
Zheng bagged 6 aces . Potapova fired 4 aces (2 per match). Zheng won 84% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Potapova won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Potapova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 10/15 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 16 |
| Saved | 1 | 12 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Chinese broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Qinwen dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Potapova broke her opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| R2 Hibino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 97-75 | 97-75 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/78 | 43/78 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 36/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Potapova | ||||
| R1 Zhu |
R2 Bronzetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 | 43 | |
| pts | 92-84 | 57-37 | 149-121 | |
| Total points | 176 | 94 | 270 | |
| Winners | 31 | 18 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/86 | 24/53 | 68/139 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 45% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 18/24 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 19/29 | 38/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 66% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/4 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 7/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 156% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (w/o) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Nao HibinoHibino (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-75 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Riccardo BellottiBellotti (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-65 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Nao HibinoHibino (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-7(2) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
