H2H, prediction of Paula Badosa vs Shuai Zhang in Beijing with odds, preview, pick | 3rd October 2024

PREVIEW. Beijing. Badosa and Zhang will fight against each other in the quarter of the China Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 3rd of October

Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Shuai Zhang

Paula Badosa and Shuai Zhang will square off in the quarter of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Capital Group Diamond. 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 Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.24
Shuai Zhang -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Shuai Zhang

There is no head to head record between Paula Badosa and Shuai Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa

33 - 16win/loss

Hard
22-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-2
Rank
12
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-18 26-11 6-5 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 18-9 6-4 11-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 32-22 20-13 8-5 1-2 3-2 0-0
2021 43-17 19-9 17-3 4-3 3-2 0-0
2020 14-9 7-6 6-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 19, Paula got to the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye, Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-2, Rebecca Sramkova 7-5 7-5 and Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-0.

In the 4th round, Badosa had a good straight sets win against Pegula (6-4 6-0). During the match, Badosa scored 57 points vs Pegula’s 34. Paula was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Badosa wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Paula Badosa lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 38% of her first serves in, winning 95% (18/19) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Badosa was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Pegula 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Badosa has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (310-176). 22-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Badosa has an overall 119-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Washington where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.

Paula has a compiled 33-16 win-loss record in 2024, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Badosa
Beijing
Badosa's Record

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang
Shuai Zhang

4 - 8win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-1
Grass
0-1
Rank
219
High
22
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 5-13 5-11 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 4-19 3-10 0-4 1-1 0-4 0-0
2022 39-31 17-14 4-7 10-7 8-3 0-0
2021 23-28 8-11 4-8 5-5 6-4 0-0
2020 16-11 10-7 6-3 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 595, the Chinese reached the quarter after defeating Mccartney Kessler 7-6(5) 7-6(1), Emma Navarro 6-4 6-2, Greetje Minnen 6-2 6-3 and Magdalena Frech 6-4 6-2.

In the 4th round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Frech (6-4 6-2). During the match Zhang scored 75 points vs Frech’s 61. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Zhang made 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 69% of her first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Shuai broke Frech 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shuai hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Chinese has a composed 4-8 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhang
Beijing
Zhang's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Badosa
S.Zhang
4h:17
4h:17
Time on court​
6h:00
6h:00
1h:04
1h:04
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
3
3
Match played
!
4
4
57
57
Games Played​
79
79
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
204
204
Total points​
301
301
68
68
Avg point​
75.3
75.3
71
71
Winners
122
122
23.7
23.7
Avg Winners​
30.5
30.5
35%
35%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
6
6
1.7
1.7
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
14
14
Double Faults
4
4
4.7
4.7
Avg Double Faults
1
1
71/103
71/103
1st won total​
122/189
122/189
69%
69%
1st won %
65%
65%
47/86
47/86
2nd won total​
40/81
40/81
55%
55%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
14/26
14/26
BP won
21/38
21/38
4.7/8.7
4.7/8.7
Avg BP won
5.3/9.5
5.3/9.5
!
54%
54%
Won
!
55%
55%
18
18
Conceded
27
27
6
6
Avg Conceded
6.8
6.8
5
5
Broken
11
11
1.7
1.7
Avg Broken
2.8
2.8
13
13
Saved
16
16

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Badosa Zhang
Match played 3 4
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 57 79
Pts 204-153 301-239
Total Points 357 540
Winners 71 122
%Winners 35% 41%

Badosa played 3 matches while Zhang competed in 4 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Badosa has played 2 set(s) less than Zhang (6 vs 8). Therefore, Badosa played 22 games less than Zhang. The Spaniard scored 71 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese scored 122 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Badosa Zhang
Aces 5 6
Avg per match 1.7 1.5
1st in 103/189 189/270
%1st in 54% 70%
1st pts 71/103 122/189
%1st pts 69% 65%
2nd pts 47/86 40/81
%2nd pts 55% 49%

Badosa bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zhang fired 6 aces (1.5 per match). Badosa won 69% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Badosa Zhang
Won 14 21
Converted 14/26 21/38
% Converted 54% 55%
Conceded 18 27
Saved 13 16
% Saved 72% 59%
Times Broken 5 11

Paula broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Paula dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded. Zhang broke her opponents 21 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.

Badosa
R2
Tomova
R3
Sramkova
R4
Pegula
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 7-5 7-5 6-4 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 24 16 57
pts 67-47 80-72 57-34 204-153
Total points 114 152 91 357
Winners 23 30 18 71
%Winners 34% 38% 32% 35%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 0 5
Double Faults 4 5 5 14
1st in 33/63 51/76 19/50 103/189
% 1st in 52% 67% 38% 54%
1st pts 23/33 30/51 18/19 71/103
% 1st pts 70% 59% 95% 69%
2nd pts 17/30 15/25 15/31 47/86
% 2nd pts 57% 60% 48% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 5 5 14
Converted 4/9 5/12 5/5 14/26
Converted % 44% 42% 100% 54%
Conceded 6 10 2 18
Saved 5/6 7/10 1/2 13
Saved % 83% 70% 50% 68%
Times Broken 1 3 1 5
Zhang
R1
Kessler
R2
Navarro
R3
Minnen
R4
Frech
Total
Score 7-65 7-61 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 26 18 17 18 79
pts 94-82 68-48 64-48 75-61 301-239
Total points 176 116 112 136 540
Winners 38 28 27 29 122
%Winners 40% 41% 42% 39% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 4 2 6
Double Faults 2 0 0 2 4
1st in 52/85 44/59 45/56 48/70 189/270
% 1st in 61% 75% 80% 69% 70%
1st pts 38/52 28/44 27/45 29/48 122/189
% 1st pts 73% 64% 60% 60% 65%
2nd pts 15/33 9/15 6/11 10/22 40/81
% 2nd pts 45% 60% 55% 45% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 5 6 6 21
Converted 4/11 5/7 6/8 6/12 21/38
Converted % 36% 71% 75% 50% 55%
Conceded 6 7 7 7 27
Saved 2/6 5/7 5/7 4/7 16
Saved % 33% 71% 71% 57% 77%
Times Broken 4 2 2 3 11

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Badosa
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Zhang
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2024 2023 2022
37 - 18
5 - 13
26-11
Hard
5-11
6-5
Clay
0-1
5-2
Grass
0-1

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