Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng will fight against each other in the quarter of the French Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.35
Qinwen Zheng -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng

This will be the 8th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng play each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but Zheng has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Zheng won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Rome back in May 2025.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs Aryna Sabalenka – Rome 14-May-2025

Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka

38 - 6win/loss

Hard
23-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-2
Rank
1
High
1
LWWWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-7 23-4 17-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 56-14 38-7 15-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0

Currently world no. 1 Sabalenka reached the quarter after defeating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-0, Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-1, Olga Danilovic 6-2 6-3 and Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-3.

In the 4th round, Sabalenka had a good straight sets win against Anisimova (7-5 6-3). During the match, Sabalenka scored 77 points vs Anisimova’s 66. Sabalenka was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sabalenka recorded 11 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Aryna Sabalenka was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of her 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sabalenka broke Anisimova 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sabalenka hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (412-174). 15-2 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a composed 92-41 record in the last years on clay.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she defeated Polina Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2 and in Miami where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Madrid where she beat Cori Gauff in the final 6-3 7-6(3).

Sabalenka has a compiled 38-6 win-loss record in 2025, 15-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Sabalenka's Record

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

17 - 8win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-3
Rank
4
High
4
LWWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-10 7-5 10-4 0-0 2-1 0-0
2024 52-18 31-10 17-4 3-2 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 7, Zheng reached the quarter after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-3, Emiliana Arango 6-2 6-3, Victoria Mboko 6-3 6-4 and Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3.

In the 4th round, The Chinese defeated Samsonova (7-65 1-6 6-3).During the match Zheng scored less points (6) than Samsonova. In fact, the world no. 1 won 96 points vs Samsonova’s. That means that Zheng was more focused during the important points. Qinwen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng blasted 10 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 55% of her first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Samsonova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Qinwen has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Zheng’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Rome.

Zheng has an overall 17-8 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2022. See her history.

French Open
Zheng's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Sabalenka
Q.Zheng
5h:10
5h:10
Time on court​
7h:12
7h:12
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
!
2h:47
2h:47
4
4
Match played
4
4
67
67
Games Played​
84
84
8
8
Set played​​
9
9
264
264
Total points​
288
288
66
66
Avg point​
72
72
107
107
Winners
111
111
26.8
26.8
Avg Winners​
27.8
27.8
41%
41%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
21
21
4.8
4.8
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
8
8
Double Faults
18
18
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
107/153
107/153
1st won total​
111/157
111/157
70%
70%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
44/79
44/79
2nd won total​
53/118
53/118
56%
56%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
18/39
18/39
BP won
19/31
19/31
4.5/9.8
4.5/9.8
Avg BP won
4.8/7.8
4.8/7.8
46%
46%
Won
!
61%
61%
15
15
Conceded
26
26
3.8
3.8
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
4
4
Broken
13
13
1
1
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
11
11
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sabalenka Zheng
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 8 9
Tot Games 67 84
Pts 264-191 288-241
Total Points 455 529
Winners 107 111
%Winners 41% 39%

Both Sabalenka and Zheng played 4 matches. At the moment, Qinwen Zheng dropped 1 set while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Sabalenka has played 1 set(s) less than Zheng (8 vs 9). Therefore, Sabalenka played 17 games less than Zheng. Sabalenka scored 107 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 111 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sabalenka Zheng
Aces 19 21
Avg per match 4.8 5.3
1st in 153/232 157/275
%1st in 66% 57%
1st pts 107/153 111/157
%1st pts 70% 71%
2nd pts 44/79 53/118
%2nd pts 56% 45%

Sabalenka recorded 19 aces (4.8 per match). Zheng struck 21 aces (5.3 per match). Sabalenka won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sabalenka Zheng
Won 18 19
Converted 18/39 19/31
% Converted 46% 61%
Conceded 15 26
Saved 11 13
% Saved 73% 50%
Times Broken 4 13

Aryna broke her opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Aryna dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponents 19 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
R1
Rakhimova
R2
Belen Teichmann
R3
Danilovic
R4
Anisimova
Total
Score 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-3 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 13 16 17 21 67
pts 59-31 63-45 65-49 77-66 264-191
Total points 90 108 114 143 455
Winners 25 26 24 32 107
%Winners 42% 41% 37% 42% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 2 1 11 19
Double Faults 1 4 0 3 8
1st in 35/44 36/62 38/58 44/68 153/232
% 1st in 80% 58% 66% 65% 66%
1st pts 25/35 26/36 24/38 32/44 107/153
% 1st pts 71% 72% 63% 73% 70%
2nd pts 6/9 13/26 11/20 14/24 44/79
% 2nd pts 67% 50% 55% 58% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 5 5 3 18
Converted 5/11 5/8 5/9 3/11 18/39
Converted % 45% 63% 56% 27% 46%
Conceded 2 6 3 4 15
Saved 2/2 5/6 1/3 3/4 11
Saved % 100% 83% 33% 75% 73%
Times Broken 0 1 2 1 4
Zheng
R1
Pavlyuchenkova
R2
Arango
R3
Mboko
R4
Samsonova
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-4 7-65 1-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 19 17 19 29 84
pts 62-44 66-49 64-46 96-102 288-241
Total points 106 115 110 198 529
Winners 24 25 28 34 111
%Winners 39% 38% 44% 35% 39%
SERVE
Aces 6 2 3 10 21
Double Faults 4 4 2 8 18
1st in 29/51 35/65 41/64 52/95 157/275
% 1st in 57% 54% 64% 55% 57%
1st pts 24/29 25/35 28/41 34/52 111/157
% 1st pts 83% 71% 68% 65% 71%
2nd pts 9/22 13/30 13/23 18/43 53/118
% 2nd pts 41% 43% 57% 42% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 6 4 4 19
Converted 5/7 6/8 4/4 4/12 19/31
Converted % 71% 75% 100% 33% 61%
Conceded 4 5 8 9 26
Saved 1/4 2/5 6/8 4/9 13
Saved % 25% 40% 75% 44% 46%
Times Broken 3 3 2 5 13

Tennis Scores – French Open

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