Katie Volynets and Shuai Zhang will play each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.57
Katie Volynets -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Volynets and Shuai Zhang face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zhang won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2023.
Highlights Shuai Zhang vs Katie Volynets – Australian Open 21-January-2023
Katie Volynets
39 - 26win/loss
91
56
LWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-27 | 25-16 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-24 | 23-16 | 18-6 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-27 | 22-14 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-26 | 19-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98, the American got to the quarter after beating Dominika Salkova 6-2 7-5, Lanlana Tararudee 6-2 4-6 6-4, Katarzyna Kawa 4-6 6-2 6-2 and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Volynets had a good straight sets win against Rakotomanga Rajaonah (6-3 6-3). During the match, Volynets scored 64 points vs Rakotomanga Rajaonah’s 49. Volynets was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Volynets was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 85% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. Katie broke Rakotomanga Rajaonah 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Katie started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Volynets has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (239-167). 25-15 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Volynets has a composed139-97 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Katie’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Oeiras and the Suzhou.
Volynets has an overall 39-26 win-loss record in 2025, 25-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Shuai Zhang
29 - 12win/loss
90
22
LWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-16 | 31-9 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 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. 122, Shuai reached the quarter after defeating Anastasia Zakharova 6-4 6-1 and Veronika Erjavec 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Erjavec, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Zhang scored 89 points vs Erjavec’s 79. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 61% of her first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Erjavec 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shuai has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W100 Gifu where she defeated Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the final 6-3 6-4 and the W50 Nottingham where she beat Harmony Tan in the final 6-4 6-2.
Zhang has a composed 29-12 win-loss record in 2025, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2013 and 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Volynets | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 43 |
| Pts | 355-293 | 156-128 |
| Total Points | 648 | 284 |
| Winners | 170 | 53 |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% |
Volynets played 4 matches while Zhang competed in 2 matches. Volynets started her run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Katie Volynets conceded 2 sets, while Shuai Zhang surrendered 1 set. Volynets has played 5 sets more than Zhang (10 vs 5). Therefore, Volynets played 49 games more than Zhang. Katie scored 170 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese scored 53 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Volynets | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 266/328 | 90/140 |
| %1st in | 81% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 170/266 | 53/90 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 33/62 | 20/50 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 40% |
Volynets managed to score 2 aces (0.5 per match). Zhang bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Volynets won 64% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 53% 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 | Volynets | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 14 |
| Converted | 19/44 | 14/25 |
| % Converted | 43% | 56% |
| Conceded | 45 | 14 |
| Saved | 37 | 5 |
| % Saved | 82% | 36% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 9 |
The American broke her opponents 19 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. Shuai broke her opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zhang conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded.
| Volynets | ||||||
| Q1 Salkova |
Q3 Tararudee |
R1 Kawa |
R2 Rakotomanga |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 92 | |
| pts | 84-68 | 110-95 | 97-81 | 64-49 | 355-293 | |
| Total points | 152 | 205 | 178 | 113 | 648 | |
| Winners | 43 | 55 | 40 | 32 | 170 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 50% | 41% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 64/75 | 93/116 | 62/82 | 47/55 | 266/328 | |
| % 1st in | 85% | 80% | 76% | 85% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 43/64 | 55/93 | 40/62 | 32/47 | 170/266 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 59% | 65% | 68% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 14/23 | 10/20 | 4/8 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 61% | 50% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/8 | 6/15 | 4/8 | 19/44 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 63% | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 45 | |
| Saved | 16/17 | 13/16 | 4/7 | 4/5 | 37 | |
| Saved % | 94% | 81% | 57% | 80% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Zhang | ||||||
| R1 Zakharova |
R2 Erjavec |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |||
| pts | 67-49 | 89-79 | 156-128 | |||
| Total points | 116 | 168 | 284 | |||
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |||
| %Winners | 39% | 30% | 34% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 1st in | 44/64 | 46/76 | 90/140 | |||
| % 1st in | 69% | 61% | 64% | |||
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 27/46 | 53/90 | |||
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | 59% | |||
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 12/30 | 20/50 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | 40% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/15 | 14/25 | |||
| Converted % | 70% | 47% | 56% | |||
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Saved | 3/7 | 2/7 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 43% | 29% | 18% | |||
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
Head 2 Head
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