Xinyu Gao and Carol Zhao will face off in the qualifications of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Xinyu Gao who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Xinyu Gao is the pick to win this match.
Xinyu Gao -> 1.41
Carol Zhao -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Xinyu Gao vs. Carol Zhao

There is no head to head record between Xinyu Gao and Carol Zhao since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Xinyu Gao

Xinyu Gao

34 - 18win/loss

Hard
30-11
I Hard
0-2
Clay
4-4
Grass
0-1
Rank
172
High
164
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-19 31-12 4-4 0-2 0-1 0-0
2023 40-22 29-19 8-1 3-2 0-0 0-0
2022 23-6 23-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 168, Xinyu got to the qualifications after defeating Chia Yi Tsao 3-6 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications against Yi Tsao, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Gao scored 75 points vs Yi Tsao’s 61. Gao was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gao wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Xinyu Gao was quite effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Gao was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Yi Tsao 5 times.

Gao has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (219-134). 30-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gao has an overall180-112 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W35 Santo Domingo where she overcame Victoria Rodriguez in the final 6-3 6-2 and the W50 Shenzhen where she beat Sijia Wei in the final 6-4 6-4 and the W50 La Marsa where she overcame Martyna Kubka in the final 5-7 6-3 6-3.

Xinyu has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2024, 30-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Hong Kong
Gao's Record

Carol Zhao

Carol Zhao

20 - 29win/loss

Hard
12-18
I Hard
0-1
Clay
1-4
Grass
3-4
Carpet
4-2
Rank
266
High
131
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-31 12-19 1-4 0-2 3-4 4-2
2023 26-30 14-16 3-9 0-0 6-4 3-1
2022 32-25 18-17 10-5 3-2 0-0 1-1
2021 24-19 11-9 13-8 0-2 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 270, the Canadian reached the qualifications after defeating Man Ying Maggie Ng 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Ying Maggie Ng (7-5 6-1). During the match Zhao scored 72 points vs Ying Maggie Ng’s 50. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Zhao scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Carol Zhao lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhao put 69% of her first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Ying Maggie Ng 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Carol has an aggregate 20-29 win-loss record in 2024, 12-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Hong Kong
Zhao's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

X.Gao
C.Zhao
1h:37
1h:37
Time on court​
1h:11
1h:11
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
19
19
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
75
75
Total points​
72
72
75
75
Avg point​
72
72
35
35
Winners
30
30
35
35
Avg Winners​
30
30
47%
47%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
35/47
35/47
1st won total​
30/36
30/36
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
11/21
11/21
2nd won total​
7/16
7/16
52%
52%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
5/5
5/5
BP won
5/8
5/8
5/5
5/5
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
!
100%
100%
Won
!
63%
63%
4
4
Conceded
4
4
4
4
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gao Zhao
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 23 19
Pts 75-61 72-50
Total Points 136 122
Winners 35 30
%Winners 47% 42%

Both Gao and Zhao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Xinyu Gao conceded 1 set while Carol Zhao hasn’t lost a set so far. Gao has played 1 set more than Zhao (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gao played 4 games more than Zhao. Gao scored 35 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Zhao recorded 30 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gao Zhao
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 47/68 36/52
%1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 35/47 30/36
%1st pts 74% 83%
2nd pts 11/21 7/16
%2nd pts 52% 44%

Gao didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zhao fired 1 ace . Gao won 74% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zhao won 83% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gao Zhao
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/8
% Converted 100% 63%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3 3
% Saved 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Gao broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Xinyu surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Zhao broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Carol conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Gao
Q1
Yi
Total
Score 3-6 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 23 23
pts 75-61 75-61
Total points 136 136
Winners 35 35
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 47/68 47/68
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 35/47 35/47
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 11/21 11/21
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/5
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Zhao
Q1
Ying Maggie Ng
Total
Score 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 72-50 72-50
Total points 122 122
Winners 30 30
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 36/52 36/52
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 30/36 30/36
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 7/16 7/16
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

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