Qinwen Zheng and Angelique Kerber will clash against each other in the quarter of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court Philippe Chatrier. 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 Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.38
Angelique Kerber -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Angelique Kerber
This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Angelique Kerber square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kerber (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kerber won 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.
Highlights Angelique Kerber vs Qinwen Zheng – Indian Wells 11-March-2022
Qinwen Zheng
29 - 12win/loss
5
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LWWWLWWWWL | 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), the Chinese got to the quarter after beating Sara Errani 6-0 6-0, Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-4 and Emma Navarro 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the 3rd round against Navarro, Qinwen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 7-64 6-1). During the match, Zheng scored 123 points vs Navarro’s 106. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng blasted 12 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 57% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Navarro 7 times after converting 39% of her break points (7/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Zheng has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (205-89). 14-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has an overall79-25 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Palermo where she overcame Karolina Muchova in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2.
Zheng has an overall 29-12 win-loss record in 2024, 14-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.
Angelique Kerber
10 - 14win/loss
205
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LWWWLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 2-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-16 | 14-8 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-6 | 7-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Angelique got to the quarter after defeating Naomi Osaka 7-5 6-3, Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Angelique had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (6-4 6-3). During the match Kerber scored 65 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 52. Kerber was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Kerber was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Angelique Kerber lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kerber put 67% of her first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Angelique broke Annie Fernandez 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Angelique has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Kerber’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Australia.
Angelique has an overall 10-14 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Kerber |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 69 |
| Pts | 234-173 | 223-192 |
| Total Points | 407 | 415 |
| Winners | 73 | 94 |
| %Winners | 31% | 42% |
Both Zheng and Kerber played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Qinwen Zheng conceded 1 set, while Angelique Kerber conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Kerber have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Zheng played 6 games less than Kerber. Zheng scored 73 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kerber blasted 94 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Kerber |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 104/196 | 142/197 |
| %1st in | 53% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 73/104 | 94/142 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 49/93 | 29/51 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Zheng struck 20 aces (6.7 per match). Kerber blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zheng won 70% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kerber won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Kerber |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 15 |
| Converted | 17/31 | 15/26 |
| % Converted | 55% | 58% |
| Conceded | 17 | 16 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
Zheng broke her opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Zheng surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kerber conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||||
| R1 Errani |
R2 Rus |
R3 Navarro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-77 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 18 | 33 | 63 | |
| pts | 51-20 | 60-47 | 123-106 | 234-173 | |
| Total points | 71 | 107 | 229 | 407 | |
| Winners | 14 | 20 | 39 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 33% | 32% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 18/38 | 27/55 | 59/103 | 104/196 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 49% | 57% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 20/27 | 39/59 | 73/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 16/28 | 20/45 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 57% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 4/7 | 7/18 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 57% | 39% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/2 | 7/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 64% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Kerber | |||||
| R1 Osaka |
R2 Cristian |
R3 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 | 19 | 69 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 97-96 | 65-52 | 223-192 | |
| Total points | 105 | 193 | 117 | 415 | |
| Winners | 28 | 45 | 21 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 32% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/49 | 72/99 | 33/49 | 142/197 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 73% | 67% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 45/72 | 21/33 | 94/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 13/22 | 6/16 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 59% | 38% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/9 | 7/12 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 44% | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/10 | 1/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 70% | 20% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
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