Mccartney Kessler defeats Han Shi 6-2 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Beijing on Wednesday. Kessler will fight against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Beijing
Kessler's Record

Kessler added to her prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. She has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kessler will add $ 25,140 to her earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kessler
Shi
6-2 7-65
1h:50
85
85
Total points
73
73
31
31
Winners
21
21
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
29%
29%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
60%
60%
1st in
53%
53%
65%
65%
1st won
51%
51%
31/48
31/48
1st won
21/41
21/41
44%
44%
2nd won
46%
46%
14/32
14/32
2nd won
17/37
17/37
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
3/5
3/5
45%
45%
Won
60%
60%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the American scored 85 points vs. Shi’s 73.

Kessler

Mccartney won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Shi

On the other side, the Chinese was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kessler and Shi is 1-0 for Mccartney.

Draw and next match H2H: Mccartney Kessler vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Kessler will square off with Mertens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Mccartney Kessler and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kessler (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kessler won 6-4 3-6 6-0 in the final in Hobart back in January 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kessler 6-2
KesslerShi
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KesslerShi
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KesslerShi
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KesslerShi
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KesslerShi
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
KesslerShi
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KesslerShi
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
KesslerShi
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KesslerShi
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Kessler had a racing start in this set after breaking Han Shi in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for Kessler to win the set as the Chinese managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The American maintained her cool to break Shi in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Shi was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Mccartney converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Han converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 69 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the Chinese (41-28). Mccartney conceded 14 points on serve (20-14). In addition, on the other side, Han conceded 21 points on serve (14-21).

2nd Set -
Kessler 7-6
KesslerShi
7
6
K
1
0
S
2
0
S
2
1
K
2
2
K
3
2
S
3
3
S
4
3
K
4
4
K
5
4
S
5
5
S
6
5
K
7
5
KesslerShi
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
KesslerShi
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KesslerShi
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KesslerShi
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KesslerShi
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KesslerShi
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KesslerShi
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KesslerShi
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
KesslerShi
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KesslerShi
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
KesslerShi
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Kessler came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Han Shi in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, Kessler managed to stage a great comeback to break Shi in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

Tiebreak

Kessler won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 10th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Shi was unerring in converting all her break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).

They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kessler won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Shi (44-45). The American dropped 20 points on serve (25-20). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

1st
Kessler
Shi
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kessler
Shi
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Beijing

  • Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-4 6-0)
  • Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-4)
  • Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Sijia WeiWei (6-2 6-0)
  • Lin ZhuZhu – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-1 6-3)
  • Cristina BucsaBucsa – Donna VekicVekic (6-2 6-4)
  • Xiyu WangWang – Hanyu GuoGuo (7-5 6-1)
  • Yue YuanYuan – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-3)
  • Ella SeidelSeidel – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-4)
  • Emiliana ArangoArango – Suzan LamensLamens (6-3 6-3)
  • Sonay KartalKartal – Alycia ParksParks (6-3 6-2)
  • Lois BoissonBoisson – Dalma GalfiGalfi (7-66 5-7 6-2)
  • Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-2 6-2)
  • Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (7-61 6-2)
  • Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Janice TjenTjen (6-74 7-5 6-1)
  • Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Ann LiLi (7-5 6-75 7-5)
  • Maya JointJoint – Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva (6-3 6-2)
  • Mccartney KesslerKessler – Han ShiShi (6-2 7-65)
  • Katie VolynetsVolynets – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-4 2-6 6-3)
  • Maria SakkariSakkari – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-65 6-75 7-5)
  • Antonia RuzicRuzic – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (6-3 6-3)
  • Shuai ZhangZhang – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (3-6 6-1 6-4)
  • Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-3)
  • Caty McNallyMcNally – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 6-2)
  • Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 6-2)
  • Priscilla HonHon – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (1-6 6-3 7-64)
  • Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-4 6-1)
  • Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-2 6-4)
  • Katie BoulterBoulter – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (7-5 5-7 6-4)
  • Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Maddison InglisInglis (7-5 7-67)
  • Anna BondarBondar – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-4 7-64)
  • Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-3 7-61)
  • Eva LysLys – Ruien ZhangZhang (6-1 6-0)

Upcoming matches