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.

As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
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

Qinwen Zheng

48 - 16win/loss

Hard
30-10
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), 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

Tokyo
Zheng's Record

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin

14 - 24win/loss

Hard
8-15
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-6
Grass
1-3
Rank
81
High
4
LWWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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).

Tokyo
Kenin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Q.Zheng
S.Kenin
4h:53
4h:53
Time on court​
6h:56
6h:56
1h:49
1h:49
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
3
3
Match played
!
4
4
62
62
Games Played​
92
92
7
7
Set played​​
9
9
219
219
Total points​
321
321
73
73
Avg point​
80.3
80.3
81
81
Winners
138
138
27
27
Avg Winners​
34.5
34.5
37%
37%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
8
8
5.7
5.7
Avg Aces
2
2
7
7
Double Faults
9
9
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
81/104
81/104
1st won total​
138/187
138/187
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
43/91
43/91
2nd won total​
43/81
43/81
47%
47%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
14/26
14/26
BP won
14/32
14/32
4.7/8.7
4.7/8.7
Avg BP won
3.5/8
3.5/8
!
54%
54%
Won
44%
44%
16
16
Conceded
10
10
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
7
7
Broken
5
5
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
9
9
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zheng Kenin
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
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
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
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
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

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