Veronika Kudermetova and Shuai Zhang will play each other in the 1st round of the Ningbo Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.57
Shuai Zhang -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Shuai Zhang

This will be the 3rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kudermetova and Zhang (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kudermetova won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Seoul back in 2024.

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

34 - 24win/loss

Hard
21-15
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-5
Grass
4-4
Rank
30
High
9
LWLLWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-25 22-16 9-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
2024 18-25 10-16 3-5 0-0 5-4 0-0
2023 34-22 18-14 8-5 1-1 7-2 0-0
2022 39-20 27-13 7-4 0-1 5-2 0-0
2021 33-24 15-13 14-4 3-4 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 31, Kudermetova will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-3 2-6 6-3 to Frech in the 1st round on the 7th of October.

Kudermetova has an overall 34-24 win-loss record in 2025, 21-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Cincinnati.

Talking about her overall career, Veronika has an overall 387-269 record. She has a positive 194-140 record on hard.

Previously in Ningbo

Kudermetova has never competed in this tournament before.

Ningbo
Kudermetova's Record

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang

27 - 12win/loss

Hard
19-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-4
Grass
4-2
Rank
102
High
22
WLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-14 24-8 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. 119, the Chinese will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Gauff in the 3rd round on the 9th of October.

Shuai has an aggregate 27-12 win-loss record in 2025, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W100 Gifu where she beat Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the final 6-3 6-4 and the W50 Nottingham where she overcame Harmony Tan in the final 6-4 6-2.

In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 536-416 record. She has a positive 365-249 record on hard.

Previously in Ningbo

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Ningbo
Zhang's Record

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

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