Diana Shnaider and Ashlyn Krueger will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diana Shnaider who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.533
Ashlyn Krueger -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Ashlyn Krueger

This will be the 2nd time that Diana Shnaider and Ashlyn Krueger clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Krueger won 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in the W60 Charlottesville back in 2023.

Diana Shnaider

Diana Shnaider

43 - 16win/loss

Hard
19-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-5
Grass
9-3
Rank
13
High
12
WWWWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 55-23 31-15 15-5 0-0 9-3 0-0
2023 25-22 14-13 10-8 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 58-17 11-4 46-11 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 9-3 0-0 8-2 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 20 (career-high), the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, Diana had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-1 6-4). During the match, Shnaider scored 59 points vs Zhang’s 38. Shnaider was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shnaider scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Diana Shnaider was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Zhang 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Shnaider has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 69% of her matches (136-60). 18-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Shnaider has an aggregate43-25 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hua Hin where she beat Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1 and the Paris where she beat Emma Navarro in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4 and in Bad Homburg where she overcame Donna Vekic in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3 and in Budapest where she overcame Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final 6-4 6-4.

Diana has a compiled 42-16 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Shnaider has never competed in this tournament before.

Cincinnati
Shnaider's Record

Ashlyn Krueger

Ashlyn Krueger

24 - 21win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-6
Grass
4-3
Rank
65
High
51
LLLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-26 19-17 6-6 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-26 26-15 8-6 2-2 8-3 0-0
2022 34-22 23-17 10-4 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-14 10-11 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 65 (career-high), Ashlyn got to the 2nd round after defeating Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-0

, Naomi Osaka 6-3 2-6 6-3 and Donna Vekic 5-7 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 1st round against Vekic, Ashlyn recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-64 6-2). During the match Krueger scored 116 points vs Vekic’s 109. Ashlyn was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Krueger fired 9 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 57% of her first serves in, winning 74% (48/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (22/49) on the 2nd serve. Ashlyn broke Vekic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

The American has a composed 24-20 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cincinnati
Krueger's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Shnaider
A.Krueger
0h:56
0h:56
Time on court​
!
5h:35
5h:35
!
0h:56
0h:56
Last match​
!
3h:01
3h:01
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
17
17
Games Played​
73
73
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
59
59
Total points​
258
258
59
59
Avg point​
86
86
24
24
Winners
109
109
24
24
Avg Winners​
36.3
36.3
41%
41%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
14
14
1
1
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
1
1
Double Faults
22
22
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
7.3
7.3
24/34
24/34
1st won total​
109/142
109/142
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
11/15
11/15
2nd won total​
41/88
41/88
!
73%
73%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
13/28
13/28
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
4.3/9.3
4.3/9.3
!
57%
57%
Won
46%
46%
2
2
Conceded
16
16
2
2
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
1
1
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shnaider Krueger
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 17 73
Pts 59-38 258-218
Total Points 97 476
Winners 24 109
%Winners 41% 42%

Shnaider played 1 match while Krueger competed in 3 matches. Krueger started her run from the qualifications while Shnaider had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ashlyn Krueger lost 2 sets while Diana Shnaider hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shnaider has played 6 set(s) less than Krueger (2 vs 8). Therefore, Shnaider played 56 games less than Krueger. The Russian scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 109 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shnaider Krueger
Aces 1 14
Avg per match 1 4.7
1st in 34/49 142/230
%1st in 69% 62%
1st pts 24/34 109/142
%1st pts 71% 77%
2nd pts 11/15 41/88
%2nd pts 73% 47%

Shnaider scored 1 ace . Krueger also scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Shnaider won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shnaider Krueger
Won 4 13
Converted 4/7 13/28
% Converted 57% 46%
Conceded 2 16
Saved 1 10
% Saved 50% 63%
Times Broken 1 6

The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Diana surrendered her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Krueger broke her opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
R1
Zhang
Total
Score 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 59-38 59-38
Total points 97 97
Winners 24 24
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 34/49 34/49
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 24/34 24/34
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 11/15 11/15
% 2nd pts 73% 73%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Krueger
Q1
Uchijima
Q3
Osaka
R1
Vekic
Total
Score 6-2 6-0 6-3 2-6 6-3 5-7 7-64 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 14 26 33 73
pts 61-36 81-73 116-109 258-218
Total points 97 154 225 476
Winners 24 37 48 109
%Winners 39% 46% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 9 14
Double Faults 2 6 14 22
1st in 32/47 45/69 65/114 142/230
% 1st in 68% 65% 57% 62%
1st pts 24/32 37/45 48/65 109/142
% 1st pts 75% 82% 74% 77%
2nd pts 8/15 11/24 22/49 41/88
% 2nd pts 53% 46% 45% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 4 4 13
Converted 5/7 4/13 4/8 13/28
Converted % 71% 31% 50% 46%
Conceded 0 8 8 16
Saved 0/0 5/8 5/8 10
Saved % 63% 63% 126%
Times Broken 0 3 3 6

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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