Mccartney Kessler and Shuai Zhang will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 13. 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 Mccartney Kessler who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.44
Shuai Zhang -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Mccartney Kessler and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zhang won 7-6(5) 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2024.
Highlights Shuai Zhang vs Mccartney Kessler – Beijing 25-September-2024
Mccartney Kessler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-24 | 27-16 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 28-13 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Kessler will start her run at the Australian Open after she won the title in Hobart after beating 6-4 3-6 6-0 Mertens in the final.
Mccartney has an aggregate 6-1 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hobart where she overcame Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.
Mccartney won her last 5 matches.
Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 137-70 record. She has a positive 96-44 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-17 | 31-9 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 6-14 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 17-14 | 4-7 | 10-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-28 | 8-11 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, Zhang will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Australia where she lost 7-6(4) 6-2 to Gauff in the quarter on the 1st of January.
Shuai has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Zhang has an overall 509-405 record. She has a positive 346-244 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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