Diana Shnaider and Clara Tauson will square off in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diana Shnaider who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.36
Clara Tauson -> 3.16

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Clara Tauson

There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Clara Tauson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Shnaider got to the 2^nd round after beating Nadia Podoroska 6-0 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Diana had a good straight sets win against Podoroska (6-0 6-1). During the match, Shnaider scored 54 points vs Podoroska’s 25. Shnaider was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shnaider wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Diana Shnaider was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shnaider was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Podoroska 5 times.

Shnaider has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 69% of her matches (138-61). 20-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shnaider has an aggregate45-26 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Hua Hin where she beat Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1 and the Paris where she defeated Emma Navarro in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4 and in Bad Homburg where she defeated 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 composed 44-17 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Clara Tauson

Ranked no. 67, the Dane reached the 2^nd round after beating Anna Schmiedlova 1-6 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Anna Schmiedlova, The Dane recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6⁵ 6-2).During the match Tauson scored less points (2) than Anna Schmiedlova. In fact, the world no. 18 won 89 points vs Anna Schmiedlova’s. That means that Tauson was more focused during the important points. The Dane was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Tauson struck 8 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Clara Tauson lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 59% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. The Dane broke Anna Schmiedlova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Clara’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Oeiras.

Clara has an aggregate 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021 and 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Tauson
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	13	28
Pts	54-25	89-91
Total Points	79	180
Winners	22	37
%Winners	41%	42%

Both Shnaider and Tauson played 1 match. At the moment, Clara Tauson surrendered 1 set while Diana Shnaider hasn’t lost a set so far. Shnaider has played 1 set(s) less than Tauson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shnaider played 15 games less than Tauson. The Russian scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Tauson recorded 37 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Tauson
Aces	0	8
Avg per match	0	8
1st in	29/45	51/87
%1st in	64%	59%
1st pts	22/29	37/51
%1st pts	76%	73%
2nd pts	11/16	15/36
%2nd pts	69%	42%

Shnaider didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tauson managed to score 8 aces . Shnaider won 76% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Tauson
Won	5	4
Converted	5/5	4/9
% Converted	100%	44%
Conceded	4	7
Saved	4	3
% Saved	100%	43%
Times Broken	0	4

The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Diana pretty solid on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Clara broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Tauson conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	R1 Podoroska	Total
Score	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	54-25	54-25
Total points	79	79
Winners	22	22
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	29/45	29/45
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	22/29	22/29
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	11/16	11/16
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tauson
	R1 Anna Schmiedlova	Total
Score	1-6 7-65 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	89-91	89-91
Total points	180	180
Winners	37	37
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	51/87	51/87
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	37/51	37/51
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	15/36	15/36
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

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