Qinwen Zheng and Petra Martic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on Center Court. 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.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.29
Petra Martic -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Petra Martic
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Petra Martic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Qinwen Zheng
22 - 12win/loss
5
5
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Qinwen got to the 2nd round after defeating Sara Errani 6-3 6-2 and Petra Martic .
In the 1st round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Errani (6-3 6-2). During the match, Zheng scored 60 points vs Errani’s 41. Qinwen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Qinwen broke Errani 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Zheng has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (198-89). 7-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has a compiled72-25 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Qinwen’s best result of the current year was getting to the final at the Australian Open .
Qinwen has a compiled 22-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Petra Martic
12 - 15win/loss
123
14
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-23 | 9-10 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-22 | 8-13 | 6-4 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-21 | 11-10 | 18-6 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-21 | 7-12 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Petra reached the 2nd round after defeating Emiliana Arango 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Martic had a good straight sets win against Arango (6-2 6-3). During the match Martic scored 65 points vs Arango’s 42. Petra was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Martic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Petra Martic was very efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Martic broke Arango 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Petra’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal the Makarska.
Martic has a compiled 12-15 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 |
| Pts | 60-41 | 65-42 |
| Total Points | 101 | 107 |
| Winners | 23 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Zheng and Martic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Martic have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). Qinwen scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Petra made 27 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 35/54 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 13/19 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 68% |
Zheng recorded 6 aces . Martic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zheng won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Martic won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Zheng broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Zheng dropped her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Petra broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Croatian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Errani | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 60-41 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Martic | |||
| R1 Arango | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Palermo
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- Congsup CongcarCongcar – Kuan-Yi LeeLee (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki – Anthony Jackie TangJackie Tang (5-7 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hong Kit WongKit Wong – Michael ZhuZhu (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sidharth RawatRawat – Skyler ButtsButts (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Chukang WangWang – Karunuday SinghSingh (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Chun Hun WongHun Wong (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Haru InoueInoue – Ryota TanumaTanuma (7-68 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Diane ParryParry – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chloe PaquetPaquet – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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