Qinwen Zheng and Magdalena Frech will square off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on P&G GRANDSTAND. 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 -> 1.25
Magdalena Frech -> 3.96
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Magdalena Frech
This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Magdalena Frech play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Frech (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Frech won 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2022.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Chinese will start her run in Cincinnati after she won the title in Paris after beating 6-2 6-3 Vekic in the final.
Zheng has a compiled 32-12 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Palermo where she defeated Karolina Muchova in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and in Paris where she beat Donna Vekic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Qinwen won her last 11 matches.
Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 208-89 record. She has a positive 100-49 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.
Magdalena Frech
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-17 | 3-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-30 | 28-15 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 23-21 | 10-5 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-38 | 22-19 | 11-12 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-19 | 12-5 | 16-8 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 48, Frech reached the 2nd round after beating Hailey Baptiste 6-2 2-1 ret., Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-1 6-4 and Marie Bouzkova 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Bouzkova, Frech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Frech scored 89 points vs Bouzkova’s 85. Magdalena was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Frech made 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Magdalena Frech lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Frech put 75% of her first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Frech was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Bouzkova 5 times.
The Pole’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Prague.
Frech has a composed 29-23 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elena RybakinaRybakina (3-6 7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-62 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 2-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Magda LinetteLinette (7-610 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Lulu SunSun (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-0 6-78 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Franco Emanuel EgeaEmanuel Egea – Bart StevensStevens (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin DhoeDhoe – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stephan GerritsenGerritsen – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Mats HermansHermans (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clement GeensGeens – Luca GelhardtGelhardt (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stephan FransenFransen – Marc GinerGiner (6-74 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-1) – H2H and prediction
