Ann Li and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Guangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.67
Ann Li -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Shuai Zhang

This will be the 2nd time that Ann Li and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Li won 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2021.

Highlights Ann Li vs Shuai Zhang – Australian Open 09-February-2021

Ann Li

Ann Li

31 - 24win/loss

Hard
18-14
I Hard
4-1
Clay
7-6
Grass
2-3
Rank
38
High
33
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-25 20-15 7-6 4-1 2-3 0-0
2024 42-27 16-14 22-9 4-3 0-1 0-0
2023 36-28 16-13 15-9 4-4 1-2 0-0
2022 16-20 7-10 2-3 4-3 3-4 0-0
2021 25-14 19-8 1-1 4-2 1-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 44, Ann got to the semifinal after beating Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-4 7-6(4), Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 7-5 6-2 and Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-3 6-4). During the match, Li scored 72 points vs Cocciaretto’s 57. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Li blasted 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Li put 55% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Ann broke Cocciaretto 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Li has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (262-178). 18-14 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Li has a compiled 148-100 record in the last years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Singapore and Cleveland.

The American has an overall 31-24 win-loss record in 2025, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

Ann has never competed in this tournament before.

Guangzhou
Li's Record

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang

30 - 12win/loss

Hard
22-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-4
Grass
4-2
Rank
102
High
22
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-14 23-8 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
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Ranked no. 122, Zhang got to the semifinal after beating Anastasia Zakharova 6-4 6-1, Veronika Erjavec 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Katie Volynets 7-6(5) 5-7 7-5.

In the quarter, Shuai defeated Volynets (7-65 5-7 7-5). During the match Zhang scored 126 points vs Volynets’s 123. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 58 winners.

About the serving games, Zhang struck 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 73% of her first serves in, winning 64% (58/90) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Volynets 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% 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 overcame Harmony Tan in the final 6-4 6-2.

Shuai has an overall 30-12 win-loss record in 2025, 22-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

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

Guangzhou
Zhang's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Li
S.Zhang
4h:34
4h:34
Time on court​
5h:50
5h:50
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
!
2h:53
2h:53
3
3
Match played
3
3
62
62
Games Played​
80
80
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
239
239
Total points​
282
282
79.7
79.7
Avg point​
94
94
79
79
Winners
111
111
26.3
26.3
Avg Winners​
37
37
33%
33%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
12
12
7
7
Avg Aces
4
4
6
6
Double Faults
8
8
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2.7
2.7
79/106
79/106
1st won total​
111/180
111/180
!
75%
75%
1st won %
62%
62%
45/96
45/96
2nd won total​
32/84
32/84
47%
47%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
14/27
14/27
BP won
20/40
20/40
4.7/9
4.7/9
Avg BP won
6.7/13.3
6.7/13.3
!
52%
52%
Won
50%
50%
17
17
Conceded
24
24
5.7
5.7
Avg Conceded
8
8
8
8
Broken
15
15
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
!
5
5
9
9
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Li Zhang
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 62 80
Pts 239-198 282-251
Total Points 437 533
Winners 79 111
%Winners 33% 39%

Both Li and Zhang played 3 matches. At the moment, Shuai Zhang dropped 2 sets while Ann Li hasn’t lost a set so far. Li has played 2 set(s) less than Zhang (6 vs 8). Therefore, Li played 18 games less than Zhang. Li scored 79 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang fired 111 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Li Zhang
Aces 21 12
Avg per match 7 4
1st in 106/202 180/264
%1st in 52% 68%
1st pts 79/106 111/180
%1st pts 75% 62%
2nd pts 45/96 32/84
%2nd pts 47% 38%

Li struck 21 aces (7 per match). Zhang fired 12 aces (4 per match). Li won 75% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Li Zhang
Won 14 20
Converted 14/27 20/40
% Converted 52% 50%
Conceded 17 24
Saved 9 9
% Saved 53% 38%
Times Broken 8 15

Li broke her opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. Li dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 20 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 15 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded.

Li
R1
Jimenez		 R2
Camila Osorio Serrano		 1/4
Cocciaretto		 Total
Score 6-4 7-64 7-5 6-2 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 23 20 19 62
pts 92-82 75-59 72-57 239-198
Total points 174 134 129 437
Winners 28 24 27 79
%Winners 30% 32% 38% 33%
SERVE
Aces 7 6 8 21
Double Faults 2 2 2 6
1st in 40/79 29/56 37/67 106/202
% 1st in 51% 52% 55% 52%
1st pts 28/40 24/29 27/37 79/106
% 1st pts 70% 83% 73% 75%
2nd pts 19/39 13/27 13/30 45/96
% 2nd pts 49% 48% 43% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 5 5 14
Converted 4/15 5/6 5/6 14/27
Converted % 27% 83% 83% 52%
Conceded 7 5 5 17
Saved 4/7 3/5 2/5 9
Saved % 57% 60% 40% 52%
Times Broken 3 2 3 8
Zhang
R1
Zakharova		 R2
Erjavec		 1/4
Volynets		 Total
Score 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-65 5-7 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 17 26 37 80
pts 67-49 89-79 126-123 282-251
Total points 116 168 249 533
Winners 26 27 58 111
%Winners 39% 30% 46% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 9 12
Double Faults 2 3 3 8
1st in 44/64 46/76 90/124 180/264
% 1st in 69% 61% 73% 68%
1st pts 26/44 27/46 58/90 111/180
% 1st pts 59% 59% 64% 62%
2nd pts 8/20 12/30 12/34 32/84
% 2nd pts 40% 40% 35% 38%
Breaks
Won 7 7 6 20
Converted 7/10 7/15 6/15 20/40
Converted % 70% 47% 40% 50%
Conceded 7 7 10 24
Saved 3/7 2/7 4/10 9
Saved % 43% 29% 40% 37%
Times Broken 4 5 6 15

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

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