Diana Shnaider and Sofia Kenin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. 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 Diana Shnaider who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.32
Sofia Kenin -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Sofia Kenin

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

Diana Shnaider

Diana Shnaider

48 - 19win/loss

Hard
24-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-5
Grass
9-3
Rank
16
High
16
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-19 24-11 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. 16 (career-high), the Russian will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Kasatkina in the semifinal on the 21st of September.

Diana has an overall 48-19 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season 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 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.

Talking about her overall career, Diana has an overall 142-63 record. She has a positive 49-28 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Shnaider has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Shnaider's Record

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin

10 - 21win/loss

Hard
4-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-6
Grass
1-3
Rank
168
High
4
WLWLWLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 10-21 4-12 5-6 0-0 1-3 0-0
2023 27-21 17-12 3-4 1-2 6-3 0-0
2022 10-17 7-14 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0
2021 11-10 7-5 3-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2020 24-9 12-6 6-2 6-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 168, Kenin reached the 2nd round after beating Ana Bogdan 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round, Kenin had a good straight sets win against Bogdan (7-5 6-2). During the match Kenin scored 63 points vs Bogdan’s 51. Sofia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kenin bagged 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sofia Kenin lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 71% of her first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Bogdan 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Sofia has an aggregate 10-21 win-loss record in 2024, 4-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.

Beijing
Kenin's Record

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