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.
As 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
33 - 16win/loss
12
2
LLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 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
Shuai Zhang
4 - 8win/loss
207
22
LWLLWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-14 | 6-12 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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