Qinwen Zheng and Sofia Kenin will square off in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.22
Sofia Kenin -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Sofia Kenin
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Qinwen Zheng
48 - 16win/loss
5
5
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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), the Chinese got to the final after beating Unknown Player bye, Moyuka Uchijima 7-5 6-0, Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-0 1-6 6-3 and Diana Shnaider 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the semifinal, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Shnaider (7-65 6-3). During the match, Zheng scored 78 points vs Shnaider’s 66. Qinwen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng fired 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 52% of her first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Shnaider 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zheng has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Zheng has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 71% of her matches (224-93). 30-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has an overall116-53 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Palermo where she overcame 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.
The Chinese has an aggregate 48-16 win-loss record in 2024, 30-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin
14 - 24win/loss
85
4
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 16-26 | 10-17 | 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. 155, Sofia got to the final after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-4, Clara Tauson 6-7(8) 6-4 7-6(6), Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-4 and Katie Boulter 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Boulter (6-4 6-4). During the match Kenin scored 67 points vs Boulter’s 55. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kenin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Sofia Kenin was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sofia broke Boulter 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kenin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Sofia’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Tokyo.
Sofia has an overall 14-24 win-loss record in 2024, 8-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zheng | Kenin |
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Match played | 3 | 4 |
Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
Tot Games | 62 | 92 |
Pts | 219-174 | 321-270 |
Total Points | 393 | 591 |
Winners | 81 | 138 |
%Winners | 37% | 43% |
Zheng played 3 matches while Kenin competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Qinwen Zheng surrendered 1 set, while Sofia Kenin dropped 1 set. Zheng has played 2 set(s) less than Kenin (7 vs 9). Therefore, Zheng played 30 games less than Kenin. The Chinese scored 81 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 138 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zheng | Kenin |
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Aces | 17 | 8 |
Avg per match | 5.7 | 2 |
1st in | 104/195 | 187/268 |
%1st in | 53% | 70% |
1st pts | 81/104 | 138/187 |
%1st pts | 78% | 74% |
2nd pts | 43/91 | 43/81 |
%2nd pts | 47% | 53% |
Zheng recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Kenin blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Zheng won 78% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zheng | Kenin |
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Won | 14 | 14 |
Converted | 14/26 | 14/32 |
% Converted | 54% | 44% |
Conceded | 16 | 10 |
Saved | 9 | 5 |
% Saved | 56% | 50% |
Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Qinwen broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Qinwen lost her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Kenin broke her opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
Zheng | |||||
R2 Uchijima | 1/4 Annie | 1/2 Shnaider | Total | ||
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Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-0 1-6 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 22 | 62 | |
pts | 63-44 | 78-64 | 78-66 | 219-174 | |
Total points | 107 | 142 | 144 | 393 | |
Winners | 23 | 29 | 29 | 81 | |
%Winners | 37% | 37% | 37% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
1st in | 27/53 | 40/71 | 37/71 | 104/195 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 56% | 52% | 53% | |
1st pts | 23/27 | 29/40 | 29/37 | 81/104 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 73% | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 13/26 | 14/31 | 16/34 | 43/91 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 45% | 47% | 47% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 4/9 | 14/26 | |
Converted % | 63% | 56% | 44% | 54% | |
Conceded | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 2/5 | 9 | |
Saved % | 75% | 57% | 40% | 57% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Kenin | ||||||
R1 Wang | R2 Tauson | 1/4 Kasatkina | 1/2 Boulter | Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-78 6-4 7-66 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 36 | 19 | 20 | 92 | |
pts | 71-49 | 120-114 | 63-52 | 67-55 | 321-270 | |
Total points | 120 | 234 | 115 | 122 | 591 | |
Winners | 30 | 56 | 21 | 31 | 138 | |
%Winners | 42% | 47% | 33% | 46% | 43% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
1st in | 36/48 | 77/111 | 31/50 | 43/59 | 187/268 | |
% 1st in | 75% | 69% | 62% | 73% | 70% | |
1st pts | 30/36 | 56/77 | 21/31 | 31/43 | 138/187 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 68% | 72% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 7/12 | 18/34 | 8/19 | 10/16 | 43/81 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 53% | 42% | 63% | 53% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 2/6 | 6/10 | 3/8 | 14/32 | |
Converted % | 38% | 33% | 60% | 38% | 44% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 4/5 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | 0% | 0% | 80% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Jelle SelsSels – Alexander ZhurbinZhurbin (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction