Zeynep Sonmez and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will face off in the 1st round of the Ningbo Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Aliaksandra Sasnovich who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aliaksandra Sasnovich is the pick to win this match.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 1.65
Zeynep Sonmez -> 2.23

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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

This will be the 4th time that Zeynep Sonmez and Aliaksandra Sasnovich face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sonmez (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sasnovich won 6-2 7-6(7) in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

24 - 23win/loss

Hard
13-13
I Hard
4-1
Clay
3-5
Grass
4-4
Rank
113
High
69
LWLWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-27 14-16 3-5 5-2 4-4 0-0
2024 41-25 19-9 12-10 4-3 6-3 0-0
2023 54-28 4-4 23-10 17-8 6-4 4-2
2022 38-21 22-8 14-10 2-3 0-0 0-0
2021 21-19 2-3 14-12 5-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 77, Sonmez got to the 1st round after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4 6-1 and Yidi Yang 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications, Sonmez had a good straight sets win against Yang (6-1 6-1). During the match, Sonmez scored 53 points vs Yang’s 27. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sonmez scored just 1 ace and she committed only 2 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (17/24) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Turk broke Yang 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Turk started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 63% of the points she played.

Sonmez has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (231-153). 12-13 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sonmez has a composed81-50 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Zeynep has a composed 23-23 win-loss record in 2025, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Zeynep has never competed in this tournament before.

Ningbo
Sonmez's Record

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

33 - 24win/loss

Hard
8-11
I Hard
7-3
Clay
11-7
Grass
7-3
Rank
111
High
29
LLLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-26 8-13 11-7 7-3 7-3 0-0
2024 25-23 10-12 11-8 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 24-26 16-17 3-5 0-0 5-4 0-0
2022 35-21 18-10 12-7 3-2 2-2 0-0
2021 25-23 11-9 8-6 4-6 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 114, Aliaksandra reached the 1st round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-0 6-1 and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Sasnovich had a good straight sets win against Camila Osorio Serrano (6-4 6-4). During the match Sasnovich scored 81 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 73. Aliaksandra was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Sasnovich scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve twice and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 52% of her first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Aliaksandra broke Camila Osorio Serrano 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.

The Belarussian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Napoca,the Vic and the Paris.

Sasnovich has an overall 33-23 win-loss record in 2025, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ningbo
Sasnovich's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Sonmez
A.Sasnovich
2h:14
2h:14
Time on court​
2h:59
2h:59
!
0h:59
0h:59
Last match​
1h:57
1h:57
2
2
Match played
2
2
31
31
Games Played​
33
33
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
116
116
Total points​
137
137
58
58
Avg point​
68.5
68.5
36
36
Winners
49
49
18
18
Avg Winners​
24.5
24.5
31%
31%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
9
9
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
36/47
36/47
1st won total​
49/70
49/70
!
77%
77%
1st won %
70%
70%
24/32
24/32
2nd won total​
25/57
25/57
!
75%
75%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
9/18
9/18
BP won
11/21
11/21
4.5/9
4.5/9
Avg BP won
5.5/10.5
5.5/10.5
50%
50%
Won
!
52%
52%
0
0
Conceded
17
17
0
0
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
0
0
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sonmez Sasnovich
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 31 33
Pts 116-68 137-98
Total Points 184 235
Winners 36 49
%Winners 31% 36%

Both Sonmez and Sasnovich played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sonmez and Sasnovich have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Sonmez played 2 games less than Sasnovich. Sonmez scored 36 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Sasnovich managed to score 49 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sonmez Sasnovich
Aces 1 4
Avg per match 0.5 2
1st in 47/79 70/127
%1st in 59% 55%
1st pts 36/47 49/70
%1st pts 77% 70%
2nd pts 24/32 25/57
%2nd pts 75% 44%

Sonmez blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Sasnovich also struck 4 aces (2 per match). Sonmez won 77% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Sasnovich won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sonmez Sasnovich
Won 9 11
Converted 9/18 11/21
% Converted 50% 52%
Conceded 0 17
Saved 0 14
% Saved 0% 82%
Times Broken 0 3

The Turk broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sonmez pretty solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Belarussian broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Sasnovich conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded.

Sonmez
Q1
Fruhvirtova
Q3
Yang
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 14 31
pts 63-41 53-27 116-68
Total points 104 80 184
Winners 19 17 36
%Winners 30% 32% 31%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 23/40 24/39 47/79
% 1st in 58% 62% 59%
1st pts 19/23 17/24 36/47
% 1st pts 83% 71% 77%
2nd pts 13/17 11/15 24/32
% 2nd pts 76% 73% 75%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/9 5/9 9/18
Converted % 44% 56% 50%
Conceded 0 0 0
Saved 0/0 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0 0
Sasnovich
Q1
Maria
Q3
Camila Osorio Serrano
Total
Score 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 13 20 33
pts 56-25 81-73 137-98
Total points 81 154 235
Winners 18 31 49
%Winners 32% 38% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 1 8 9
1st in 26/42 44/85 70/127
% 1st in 62% 52% 55%
1st pts 18/26 31/44 49/70
% 1st pts 69% 70% 70%
2nd pts 8/16 17/41 25/57
% 2nd pts 50% 41% 44%
Breaks
Won 7 4 11
Converted 7/10 4/11 11/21
Converted % 70% 36% 52%
Conceded 5 12 17
Saved 4/5 10/12 14
Saved % 80% 83% 82%
Times Broken 1 2 3

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