Qinwen Zheng and Diane Parry will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.28
Diane Parry -> 3.7

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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Diane Parry

This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Diane Parry face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 7-5 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Palermo back in 2023.

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

25 - 12win/loss

Hard
14-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-4
Grass
1-2
Rank
5
High
5
LWWWLWWWWL
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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
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Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Chinese got to the semifinal after beating Sara Errani 6-3 6-2, Petra Martic 6-4 6-4, Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-1 and Diane Parry .

In the quarter, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-1 6-1). During the match, Zheng scored 56 points vs Cristian’s 27. Qinwen was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zheng recorded 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Qinwen Zheng was very effective on serve to win 84% (16/19) 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. Qinwen broke Cristian 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Qinwen hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points she played.

Zheng has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (200-89). 9-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has a compiled74-25 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Qinwen’s best result of the year was getting to the final at the Australian Open .

Qinwen has an overall 24-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Palermo
Zheng's Record

Diane Parry

Diane Parry

24 - 18win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-8
Grass
4-3
Rank
50
High
48
LWLWWWLLWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-26 19-14 9-9 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 43-36 6-15 35-18 1-1 1-2 0-0
2022 24-28 11-12 7-9 1-5 5-2 0-0
2021 51-23 0-0 50-20 1-3 0-0 0-0
2020 17-17 7-6 9-9 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 58, Parry reached the semifinal after beating Olivia Gadecki 4-6 6-4 6-4, Jil Teichmann 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2 and Chloe Paquet 7-5 1-6 6-4.

In the quarter, The French player defeated Paquet (7-5 1-6 6-4).During the match Parry scored less points (4) than Paquet. In fact, the world no. 7 won 97 points vs Paquet’s. That means that Parry was more focused during the important points. Parry was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Parry struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Diane Parry lost the serve 7 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Parry put 62% of her first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (12/36) on the 2nd serve. Parry broke Paquet 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Parry has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

Parry’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal Nottingham.

Diane has an overall 24-17 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

Palermo
Parry's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Q.Zheng
D.Parry
3h:59
3h:59
Time on court​
!
8h:07
8h:07
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:50
2h:50
3
3
Match played
3
3
51
51
Games Played​
88
88
6
6
Set played​​
9
9
179
179
Total points​
303
303
59.7
59.7
Avg point​
101
101
61
61
Winners
124
124
20.3
20.3
Avg Winners​
41.3
41.3
34%
34%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
12
12
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
9
9
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
61/76
61/76
1st won total​
124/192
124/192
!
80%
80%
1st won %
65%
65%
39/66
39/66
2nd won total​
46/102
46/102
59%
59%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
12/26
12/26
BP won
17/37
17/37
4/8.7
4/8.7
Avg BP won
5.7/12.3
5.7/12.3
46%
46%
Won
46%
46%
3
3
Conceded
25
25
1
1
Avg Conceded
8.3
8.3
2
2
Broken
13
13
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
!
4.3
4.3
1
1
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zheng Parry
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 9
Tot Games 51 88
Pts 179-121 303-290
Total Points 300 593
Winners 61 124
%Winners 34% 41%

Both Zheng and Parry played 3 matches. At the moment, Diane Parry dropped 3 sets while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zheng has played 3 set(s) less than Parry (6 vs 9). Therefore, Zheng played 37 games less than Parry. The Chinese scored 61 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Parry struck 124 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zheng Parry
Aces 14 12
Avg per match 4.7 4
1st in 76/142 192/294
%1st in 54% 65%
1st pts 61/76 124/192
%1st pts 80% 65%
2nd pts 39/66 46/102
%2nd pts 59% 45%

Zheng recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Parry made 12 aces (4 per match). Zheng won 80% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Parry won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zheng Parry
Won 12 17
Converted 12/26 17/37
% Converted 46% 46%
Conceded 3 25
Saved 1 12
% Saved 33% 48%
Times Broken 2 13

The Chinese broke her opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Zheng lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Diane broke her opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Diane conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded.

Zheng
R1
Errani		 R2
Martic		 1/4
Cristian		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 20 14 51
pts 60-41 63-53 56-27 179-121
Total points 101 116 83 300
Winners 23 22 16 61
%Winners 38% 35% 29% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6 2 14
Double Faults 1 3 1 5
1st in 29/49 28/55 19/38 76/142
% 1st in 59% 51% 50% 54%
1st pts 23/29 22/28 16/19 61/76
% 1st pts 79% 79% 84% 80%
2nd pts 11/20 15/27 13/19 39/66
% 2nd pts 55% 56% 68% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 3 5 12
Converted 4/7 3/6 5/13 12/26
Converted % 57% 50% 38% 46%
Conceded 1 2 0 3
Saved 0/1 1/2 0/0 1
Saved % 0% 50% – 17%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2
Parry
R1
Gadecki		 R2
Belen Teichmann		 1/4
Paquet		 Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-74 6-2 7-5 1-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 30 29 29 88
pts 102-97 104-92 97-101 303-290
Total points 199 196 198 593
Winners 42 44 38 124
%Winners 41% 42% 39% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 7 2 12
Double Faults 2 4 3 9
1st in 59/93 74/106 59/95 192/294
% 1st in 63% 70% 62% 65%
1st pts 42/59 44/74 38/59 124/192
% 1st pts 71% 59% 64% 65%
2nd pts 17/34 17/32 12/36 46/102
% 2nd pts 50% 53% 33% 45%
Breaks
Won 4 7 6 17
Converted 4/12 7/10 6/15 17/37
Converted % 33% 70% 40% 46%
Conceded 6 8 11 25
Saved 3/6 5/8 4/11 12
Saved % 50% 63% 36% 50%
Times Broken 3 3 7 13

Tennis Scores in Palermo

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