Bernarda Pera and Shuai Zhang will square off in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.9
Bernarda Pera -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Bernarda Pera vs. Shuai Zhang
There is no head to head record between Bernarda Pera and Shuai Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Bernarda Pera
34 - 22win/loss
71
27
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-24 | 21-16 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-23 | 9-12 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 10-9 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-11 | 8-8 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Pera reached the 2nd round after beating Alexandra Eala 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Pera had a good straight sets win against Eala (6-0 6-3). During the match, Pera scored 55 points vs Eala’s 30. The American was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pera fired 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Bernarda Pera was very effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of her 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Eala 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Pera has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of her matches (255-189). 18-14 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Pera has a composed91-95 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Gaiba.
The American has an aggregate 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
Shuai Zhang
5 - 11win/loss
207
22
| 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. 237, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Rakhimova (6-2 6-1). During the match Zhang scored 56 points vs Rakhimova’s 27. Zhang was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang scored 4 aces and she was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Shuai Zhang was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (22/25) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Rakhimova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
The Chinese has an aggregate 5-11 win-loss record in 2024, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pera | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 |
| Pts | 55-30 | 56-27 |
| Total Points | 85 | 83 |
| Winners | 23 | 22 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Pera and Zhang played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pera and Zhang have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (15). Bernarda scored 23 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese scored 22 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pera | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 25/41 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 22/25 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 11/16 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 69% |
Pera made 4 aces . Zhang recorded 4 aces . Pera won 88% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 88% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pera | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Bernarda broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American extremely effective on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Chinese broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Chinese was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Pera | |||
| R1 Eala | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 55-30 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Rakhimova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-27 | 56-27 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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- Maxime TchoutakianTchoutakian – Nicholas HortonHorton (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Bernarda PeraPera – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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