Varvara Gracheva and Anastasia Zakharova will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.61
Anastasia Zakharova -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Anastasia Zakharova

There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Anastasia Zakharova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 66, Varvara got to the 2^nd round after beating Tatiana Prozorova 2-6 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Prozorova, Varvara recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-2). During the match, Gracheva scored 93 points vs Prozorova’s 83. Varvara was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gracheva fired 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 68% of her first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Prozorova 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Gracheva has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of her matches (264-189). 13-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gracheva has a compiled76-75 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Paris and the Hong Kong.

The French player has a compiled 29-26 win-loss record in 2024, 13-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Anastasia Zakharova

Ranked no. 113 (career-high), Zakharova got to the 2^nd round after beating Su Jeong Jang 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Jeong Jang (7-5 6-4). During the match Zakharova scored 78 points vs Jeong Jang’s 68. Zakharova was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Zakharova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Anastasia Zakharova lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Zakharova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Zakharova broke Jeong Jang 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 Figueira da Foz where she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the final 6-2 6-1 and the Cotentin where she beat Barbora Palicova in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the W100 Les Franqueses del Valles where she beat Alina Charaeva in the final 6-3 6-1.

Anastasia has an overall 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 25-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gracheva	Zakharova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	22
Pts	93-83	78-68
Total Points	176	146
Winners	40	27
%Winners	43%	35%

Both Gracheva and Zakharova played 1 match. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva lost 1 set while Anastasia Zakharova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gracheva has played 1 set more than Zakharova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gracheva played 6 games more than Zakharova. The French player scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 27 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gracheva	Zakharova
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	57/84	42/67
%1st in	68%	63%
1st pts	40/57	27/42
%1st pts	70%	64%
2nd pts	11/27	13/25
%2nd pts	41%	52%

Gracheva scored 2 aces . Zakharova struck 1 ace . Gracheva won 70% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Zakharova won 64% 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	Gracheva	Zakharova
Won	6	5
Converted	6/10	5/12
% Converted	60%	42%
Conceded	13	3
Saved	8	0
% Saved	62%	0%
Times Broken	5	3

The French player broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Zakharova broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Gracheva
	R1 Prozorova	Total
Score	2-6 7-5 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	93-83	93-83
Total points	176	176
Winners	40	40
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	57/84	57/84
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	40/57	40/57
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	11/27	11/27
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	8/13	8
Saved %	62%	62%
Times Broken	5	5

Zakharova
	R1 Jeong Jang	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	78-68	78-68
Total points	146	146
Winners	27	27
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/67	42/67
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	27/42	27/42
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

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