Qinwen Zheng and Angelique Kerber will clash against each other in the quarter of the Olympics for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.

Highlights Angelique Kerber vs Qinwen Zheng – Indian Wells 11-March-2022

Qinwen Zheng

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 3^rd 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

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 3^rd 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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