Shuai Zhang and Simona Waltert will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 12. 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 Simona Waltert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Waltert is the pick to win this match.
Simona Waltert -> 1.615
Shuai Zhang -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Simona Waltert
There is no head to head record between Shuai Zhang and Simona Waltert since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-9 | 12-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 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. 136, the Chinese got to the qualifications after beating Storm Hunter 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Sanders (6-3 6-2). During the match, Zhang scored 60 points vs Sanders’s 45. Zhang was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang made 9 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 67% of her first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 26% (5/19) on the 2nd serve. Shuai broke Sanders 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Zhang has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (244-208). 4-3 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has a composed 34-49 record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W100 Gifu where she overcame Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Chinese has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Simona Waltert
25 - 12win/loss
124
107
LLWWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-18 | 5-4 | 22-11 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-29 | 5-4 | 16-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-10 | 12-8 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 9-8 | 23-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 13-5 | 19-14 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 6-1 |
Ranked no. 137, the Swiss reached the qualifications after beating Raluca Georgiana Serban 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Georgiana Serban (6-3 7-5). During the match Waltert scored 81 points vs Georgiana Serban’s 72. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Waltert scored 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Simona Waltert lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Waltert put 58% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Georgiana Serban 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
The Swiss’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Szekesfehervar,the Oeiras and the Parma.
Simona has a compiled 25-12 win-loss record in 2025, 17-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Waltert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 60-45 | 81-72 |
| Total Points | 105 | 153 |
| Winners | 31 | 28 |
| %Winners | 52% | 35% |
Both Zhang and Waltert played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Waltert have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhang played 4 games less than Waltert. Zhang scored 31 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Waltert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 42/72 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 5/19 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 26% | 40% |
Zhang recorded 9 aces . Waltert bagged 2 aces . Zhang won 79% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 26% of the points. On the other side, Waltert won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Waltert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 80% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Shuai broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Zhang lost her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Waltert broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| Q1 Sanders |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 60-45 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 39/58 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 31/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 26% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Waltert | |||
| Q1 Georgiana Serban |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 81-72 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 42/72 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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