Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng will face off in the final of the Wuhan Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.35
Qinwen Zheng -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng

This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in at the U.S. Open back in September 2024.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Qinwen Zheng – U.S. Open 03-September-2024

Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka

53 - 12win/loss

Hard
37-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-4
Grass
1-1
Rank
1
High
1
LLWWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 56-14 38-7 15-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0
2020 29-10 14-7 6-3 9-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 2, the Belarussian reached the final after defeating Unknown Player bye, Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-4, Yulia Putintseva 1-6 6-4 6-0, Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-2 and Cori Gauff 1-6 6-4 6-4.

In the semifinal against Gauff, Sabalenka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Sabalenka scored less points (2) than Gauff. In fact, the world no. 2 won 98 points vs Gauff’s. That means that Sabalenka was more focused during the important points. Aryna was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sabalenka recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 64% of her first serves in, winning 61% (41/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (12/37) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Gauff 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of her matches (371-166). 37-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has an aggregate226-92 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title at the Australian Open where she overcame Qinwen Zheng in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Cincinnati where she defeated Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 7-5 and at the U.S. Open where she overcame Jessica Pegula in the final 7-5 7-5.

Aryna has an aggregate 53-12 win-loss record in 2024, 37-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Wuhan
Sabalenka's Record

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

45 - 15win/loss

Hard
27-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
17-4
Grass
1-2
Rank
5
High
5
LWWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-18 31-10 17-4 3-2 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2020 38-8 3-3 26-3 9-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Qinwen got to the final after defeating Unknown Player bye, Jaqueline Cristian 6-2 6-4, Leylah Annie Fernandez 5-7 6-3 6-0, Jasmine Paolini 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Xinyu Wang 6-3 6-4

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In the semifinal, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-4). During the match Zheng scored 71 points vs Wang’s 55. Qinwen was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng fired 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 53% of her first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Wang 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Palermo where she beat Karolina Muchova in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and in Paris where she beat Donna Vekic in the final 6-2 6-3.

Qinwen has an aggregate 45-15 win-loss record in 2024, 27-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Wuhan
Zheng's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Sabalenka
Q.Zheng
7h:24
7h:24
Time on court​
8h:04
8h:04
!
2h:26
2h:26
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
4
4
Match played
4
4
86
86
Games Played​
90
90
10
10
Set played​​
10
10
330
330
Total points​
329
329
82.5
82.5
Avg point​
82.3
82.3
122
122
Winners
116
116
30.5
30.5
Avg Winners​
29
29
37%
37%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
32
32
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
8
8
8
8
Double Faults
12
12
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
122/195
122/195
1st won total​
116/154
116/154
63%
63%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
50/111
50/111
2nd won total​
62/119
62/119
45%
45%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
21/38
21/38
BP won
19/40
19/40
5.3/9.5
5.3/9.5
Avg BP won
4.8/10
4.8/10
!
55%
55%
Won
48%
48%
38
38
Conceded
20
20
9.5
9.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
14
14
Broken
8
8
3.5
3.5
Avg Broken
2
2
24
24
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sabalenka Zheng
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 10 10
Tot Games 86 90
Pts 330-294 329-262
Total Points 624 591
Winners 122 116
%Winners 37% 35%

Both Sabalenka and Zheng played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka lost 2 sets, while Qinwen Zheng lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Sabalenka and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Sabalenka played 4 games less than Zheng. Aryna scored 122 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Qinwen scored 116 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sabalenka Zheng
Aces 10 32
Avg per match 2.5 8
1st in 195/306 154/273
%1st in 64% 56%
1st pts 122/195 116/154
%1st pts 63% 75%
2nd pts 50/111 62/119
%2nd pts 45% 52%

Sabalenka scored 10 aces (2.5 per match). Zheng recorded 32 aces (8 per match). Sabalenka won 63% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sabalenka Zheng
Won 21 19
Converted 21/38 19/40
% Converted 55% 48%
Conceded 38 20
Saved 24 12
% Saved 63% 60%
Times Broken 14 8

The Belarussian broke her opponents 21 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sabalenka lost her serve 14 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
R2
Siniakova
R3
Putintseva
1/4
Frech
1/2
Gauff
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-2 1-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 20 23 16 27 86
pts 76-62 87-81 69-51 98-100 330-294
Total points 138 168 120 198 624
Winners 29 35 17 41 122
%Winners 38% 40% 25% 42% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 4 1 2 10
Double Faults 3 3 0 2 8
1st in 44/63 52/82 32/57 67/104 195/306
% 1st in 70% 63% 56% 64% 64%
1st pts 29/44 35/52 17/32 41/67 122/195
% 1st pts 66% 67% 53% 61% 63%
2nd pts 11/19 9/30 18/25 12/37 50/111
% 2nd pts 58% 30% 72% 32% 45%
Breaks
Won 4 6 5 6 21
Converted 4/12 6/9 5/6 6/11 21/38
Converted % 33% 67% 83% 55% 55%
Conceded 8 11 6 13 38
Saved 6/8 6/11 5/6 7/13 24
Saved % 75% 55% 83% 54% 67%
Times Broken 2 5 1 6 14
Zheng
R2
Cristian
R3
Annie
1/4
Paolini
1/2
Wang
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-0 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 2 10
Tot Games 18 27 26 19 90
pts 68-50 100-78 90-79 71-55 329-262
Total points 118 178 169 126 591
Winners 24 31 36 25 116
%Winners 35% 31% 40% 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 9 5 10 8 32
Double Faults 2 2 2 6 12
1st in 29/52 42/76 50/83 33/62 154/273
% 1st in 56% 55% 60% 53% 56%
1st pts 24/29 31/42 36/50 25/33 116/154
% 1st pts 83% 74% 72% 76% 75%
2nd pts 12/23 21/34 17/33 12/29 62/119
% 2nd pts 52% 62% 52% 41% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 6 4 5 19
Converted 4/7 6/13 4/8 5/12 19/40
Converted % 57% 46% 50% 42% 48%
Conceded 5 4 6 5 20
Saved 4/5 2/4 4/6 2/5 12
Saved % 80% 50% 67% 40% 59%
Times Broken 1 2 2 3 8

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

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