Veronika Erjavec and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.31
Veronika Erjavec -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Erjavec vs. Shuai Zhang

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

The last time that they squared off, Zhang won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Guangzhou back in October 2025.

Veronika Erjavec

Veronika Erjavec

35 - 22win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
3-4
Clay
21-11
Grass
4-1
Rank
114
High
98
LLWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-23 7-7 21-11 3-4 4-1 0-0
2024 45-30 2-4 37-17 6-8 0-1 0-0
2023 48-22 0-0 42-16 6-6 0-0 0-0
2022 42-27 0-0 35-22 7-5 0-0 0-0
2021 18-9 0-0 17-7 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 98 (career-high), Erjavec will start her run in Hong Kong after she played her last match in Guangzhou where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-2 to Zhang in the 2nd round on the 23rd of October.

Veronika has a compiled 35-22 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, Veronika has an overall 275-161 record. She has a negative 9-10 record on hard.

Previously in Hong Kong

Veronika has never competed in this tournament before.

Hong Kong
Erjavec's Record

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang

30 - 13win/loss

Hard
22-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-4
Grass
4-2
Rank
102
High
22
LWLWWWLWWL
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

Ranked no. 107, Zhang will start her run in Hong Kong after she played her last match in Guangzhou where she lost 5-2 ret. to Li in the semifinal on the 25th of October.

Shuai has an overall 30-13 win-loss record in 2025, 22-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning 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.

In terms of her career, Shuai has an overall 539-417 record. She has a positive 368-250 record on hard.

Hong Kong
Zhang's Record

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

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