Carol Zhao and Dayeon Back will face off in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carol Zhao who should win in 3 sets.
Carol Zhao -> 1.88
Dayeon Back -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Carol Zhao vs. Dayeon Back
There is no head to head record between Carol Zhao and Dayeon Back since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Carol Zhao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-22 | 10-11 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-35 | 17-22 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 26-30 | 14-16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 32-25 | 18-17 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 11-9 | 13-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265, the Canadian reached the 1st round after beating Gaeul Jang 6-4 6-2 and Sohyun Park 6-7(3) 6-4 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Park, Zhao had a free pass after Park retired on a 6-73 6-4 4-1 . scoreline.
Zhao has positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (209-195). 10-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhao has a composed 118-118 match record in the last years on hard.
Carol has a composed 18-25 win-loss record in 2024, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Dayeon Back
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-25 | 44-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2024 | 54-20 | 46-16 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 2023 | 44-15 | 44-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-11 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 2-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 319 (career-high), the Korean will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in the W100 Incheon where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Prozorova in the quarter on the 6th of September.
The Korean has a compiled 38-15 win-loss record in 2024, 35-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W35 Daegu where she defeated Eri Shimizu in the final 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In terms of her career, The Korean has an overall 132-59 record. She has a positive 121-52 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Alexander WeisWeis (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca StaeheliStaeheli – Sven LahLah (7-5 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mike UrbanijaUrbanija – Alexander ErlerErler (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giorgio PortaluriPortaluri – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (7-5 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BellottiBellotti – Filip DudaDuda (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthias HaimHaim – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petr NouzaNouza – Adrian BodmerBodmer (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Bjorn NareykaNareyka (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mick VeldheerVeldheer – Laurin AerneAerne (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sloane StephensStephens – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayeon BackBack – Carol ZhaoZhao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jia-Jing LuLu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Priscilla HonHon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction