Veronika Erjavec and Shuai Zhang will face off in the 2^nd round of the Guangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Shuai Zhang who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.27
Veronika Erjavec -> 3.74

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Erjavec vs. Shuai Zhang

There is no head to head record between Veronika Erjavec and Shuai Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Veronika Erjavec

Ranked no. 100, the Slovenian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-7(7) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Veronika defeated Maria (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-2). During the match, Erjavec scored 103 points vs Maria’s 96. The Slovenian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Erjavec struck 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Erjavec lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Erjavec put 71% of her first serves in, winning 59% (40/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Veronika broke Maria 8 times after converting 47% of her break points (8/17).

Erjavec has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (275-160). 7-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Erjavec has a composed9-9 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the Changsha where she overcame Maria Timofeeva in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Huzhou where she overcame Alina Charaeva in the final 6-2 6-1.

Erjavec has an overall 35-21 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

The Slovenian has never competed in this tournament before.

Shuai Zhang

Ranked no. 122, Shuai reached the 2^nd round after defeating Anastasia Zakharova 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-4 6-1). During the match Zhang scored 67 points vs Zakharova’s 49. Shuai was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhang made 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 69% of her first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Zakharova 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Her best result of the year 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.

Shuai has an aggregate 28-12 win-loss record in 2025, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2013 and 2017. See her history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Erjavec	Zhang
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	31	17
Pts	103-96	67-49
Total Points	199	116
Winners	40	26
%Winners	39%	39%

Both Erjavec and Zhang played 1 match. At the moment, Veronika Erjavec lost 1 set while Shuai Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Erjavec has played 1 set more than Zhang (3 vs 2). Therefore, Erjavec played 14 games more than Zhang. Veronika scored 40 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Shuai blasted 26 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Erjavec	Zhang
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	2
1st in	68/96	44/64
%1st in	71%	69%
1st pts	40/68	26/44
%1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	14/28	8/20
%2nd pts	50%	40%

Erjavec recorded 3 aces . Zhang recorded 2 aces . Erjavec won 59% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 59% of the points behind 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	Erjavec	Zhang
Won	8	7
Converted	8/17	7/10
% Converted	47%	70%
Conceded	11	7
Saved	6	3
% Saved	55%	43%
Times Broken	5	4

Veronika broke her opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Veronika surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Erjavec
	R1 Maria	Total
Score	6-4 6-77 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	103-96	103-96
Total points	199	199
Winners	40	40
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	68/96	68/96
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	40/68	40/68
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/17	8/17
Converted %	47%	47%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Zhang
	R1 Zakharova	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	67-49	67-49
Total points	116	116
Winners	26	26
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	44/64	44/64
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	26/44	26/44
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	8/20	8/20
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi – Filip HoranskyHoransky (3-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-1 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (1-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guilherme ClezarClezar – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emilio GomezGomez – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico CoriaCoria – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Aldin SetkicSetkic (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-7⁹ 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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