Qinwen Zheng and Barbora Krejcikova will square off in the semifinal of the WTA Finals for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.55
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Barbora Krejcikova

This will be the 2^nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Barbora Krejcikova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Zheng won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the final in Zhengzhou back in 2023.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs Barbora Krejcikova – Zhengzhou 15-October-2023

Qinwen Zheng

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Chinese reached the semifinal after beating Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-1 and Elena Rybakina 7-6(4) 3-6 6-1.

In the previous match, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-1 6-1). During the match, Zheng scored 59 points vs Paolini’s 37. Qinwen was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zheng scored 12 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Qinwen Zheng was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zheng broke Paolini 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zheng has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Zheng has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 71% of her matches (227-94). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has an overall25-8 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Palermo where she overcame Karolina Muchova in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and in Paris where she defeated Donna Vekic in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Tokyo where she defeated Sofia Kenin in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.

Zheng has a compiled 51-17 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Riyadh

Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.

Barbora Krejcikova

Ranked no. 13, Krejcikova got to the semifinal after beating Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-3 and Cori Gauff 7-5 6-4.

In the previous match, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Gauff (7-5 6-4). During the match Krejcikova scored 79 points vs Gauff’s 68. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Krejcikova fired 4 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve once and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Krejcikova broke Gauff 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Barbora hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title at the Wimbledon where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-2 2-6 6-4.

Barbora has a compiled 21-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zheng	Krejcikova
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	43	40
Pts	155-128	143-118
Total Points	283	261
Winners	63	65
%Winners	41%	45%

Both Zheng and Krejcikova played 2 matches. At the moment, Qinwen Zheng surrendered 1 set while Barbora Krejcikova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zheng has played 1 set more than Krejcikova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Zheng played 3 games more than Krejcikova. Qinwen scored 63 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Krejcikova recorded 65 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zheng	Krejcikova
Aces	18	15
Avg per match	9	7.5
1st in	80/135	94/147
%1st in	59%	64%
1st pts	63/80	65/94
%1st pts	79%	69%
2nd pts	27/55	29/53
%2nd pts	49%	55%

Zheng blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Krejcikova bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Zheng won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zheng	Krejcikova
Won	9	7
Converted	9/21	7/10
% Converted	43%	70%
Conceded	8	15
Saved	5	13
% Saved	63%	87%
Times Broken	3	2

Zheng broke her opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Zheng conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Krejcikova broke her opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Barbora conceded her serve twice and she saved 87% of the break points that she conceded.

Zheng
	Round Robin Paolini	Round Robin Rybakina	Round Robin Sabalenka	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	7-64 3-6 6-1	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	14	29	19	62
pts	59-37	96-91	–	155-128
Total points	96	187	0	283
Winners	23	40		63
%Winners	39%	42%	0%	41%
SERVE
Aces	12	6	0	18
Double Faults	0	5		5
1st in	30/47	50/88	/	80/135
% 1st in	64%	57%	0%	59%
1st pts	23/30	40/50	/	63/80
% 1st pts	77%	80%	0%	79%
2nd pts	9/17	18/38	/	27/55
% 2nd pts	53%	47%	0%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	4		9
Converted	5/8	4/13	/	9/21
Converted %	63%	31%	0%	43%
Conceded	2	6		8
Saved	2/2	3/6	0/	5
Saved %	100%	50%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	3		3

Krejcikova
	Round Robin Gauff	Round Robin Pegula	Round Robin Swiatek	Total
Score	7-5 6-4	6-3 6-3	4-6 7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	22	18	30	70
pts	79-68	64-50	–	143-118
Total points	147	114	0	261
Winners	32	33		65
%Winners	41%	52%	0%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	11	0	15
Double Faults	0	5		5
1st in	50/81	44/66	/	94/147
% 1st in	62%	67%	0%	64%
1st pts	32/50	33/44	/	65/94
% 1st pts	64%	75%	0%	69%
2nd pts	20/31	9/22	/	29/53
% 2nd pts	65%	41%	0%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	4		7
Converted	3/4	4/6	/	7/10
Converted %	75%	67%	0%	70%
Conceded	12	3		15
Saved	11/12	2/3	0/	13
Saved %	92%	67%	–	53%
Times Broken	1	1		2

Tennis Scores in Riyadh

• Facundo MenaMena – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diego HidalgoHidalgo – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (7-6⁴ 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Cori GauffGauff (4-4) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-0) – H2H and prediction