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H2H, Qinwen Zheng vs Karolina Muchova prediction in Palermo with odds, preview, pick | July 21, 2024 – Tennis Tonic

PREVIEW. Palermo. Zheng and Muchova will battle it out in the final of the Palermo Ladies Open. Check out the prediction, H2H stats, odds and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday, July 21.

Qinwen Zheng and Karolina Muchova will face each other in the final of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their careers. They play on Sunday at 8:30 PM on Center Court. In this post we analyze their head-to-head performances and predict their results.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The choice for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.

According to the first chances, Qinwen Zheng is the best choice to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1,615
Karolina Muchova -> 2.31

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Prediction and head-to-head Qinwen Zheng vs. Karolina Muchova

These will be the 2nd time Qinwen Zheng and Karolina Muchova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time they played, Muchova won 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid in 2022.

Qinwen Zheng

Year Total Difficult Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-12 14-6 10-4 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2020 38-8 3-3 26-3 9-2 0-0 0-0

The Chinese, who were ranked 7th (her highest ranking of her career), reached the final after beating Sara Errani 6-3 6-2, Petra Martic 6-4 6-4, Jacqueline Cristian 6-1 6-1 and Diane Parry 7-5 6-4.

In the semi-final, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Parry (7-5 ​​6-4). During the match, Zheng scored 65 points against Parry’s 53. Qinwen was extremely aggressive and hit 28 winners.

As for the service games, Zheng managed 3 aces and she made only 2 double faults. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was quite effective on serve, winning 85% (28/33) of her first serves and 61% (14/23) of her second serves. However, this did not prevent her from conceding serve once. Zheng broke Parry 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall performance in this tournament

Qinwen has not yet conceded a set in this event and has won 58% of her played points.

Zheng has a solid match record in the last 8 years, winning 69% of her matches (201-89). 10-4 on clay in 2024. Speaking of her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has an overall record of 75-25 in the last 8 years on clay.

Qinwen’s best result of the season was reaching the final of the Australian Open.

The Chinese has an overall win-loss record of 25-12 in 2024, and is 10-4 on clay (SEE FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Karolina Muchova

Year Total Difficult Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 6-1 0-0 4-0 0-0 2-1 0-0
2023 38-13 28-9 10-3 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 3-3 5-5 0-2 0-0
2021 19-9 10-4 5-3 0-0 4-2 0-0
2020 7-8 6-6 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

The Czech, who is ranked 35, reached the final after victories over Katarzyna Kawa 7-6(14) 5-1 ret., Noma Akugue Noha 6-7(0) 6-2 6-3, Astra Sharma 7-6(5) 7-6(6) and Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1 6-1.

In the semi-finals, the Czech had a good straight sets victory against Begu (6-1 6-1). During the match, Muchova scored 59 points against Begu’s 33. Karolina was quite aggressive and hit 24 winners.

Speaking of serving, Muchova hit 4 aces and she made only 1 double fault in the whole match. Karolina Muchova was quite efficient on serve, winning 77% (24/31) of her first serves and 55% (6/11) of her second serves. This was the main reason for not allowing a single break during the match. Karolina broke Begu 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall performance in this tournament

The Czech has lost 1 set in the tournament and has won 55% of the points she has played.

Muchova’s best result of the past year was reaching the semi-finals in Palermo.

The Czech has an overall win-loss record of 6-1 and 4-0 on clay in 2024 (SEE FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Karolina has never participated in this tournament before.

H2H performance in the tournament (main tournament)

— To serve —

— Breakpoints —

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zheng Veelova
Match played 4 4
Tot-set 8 10
Toddler games 73 89
Pts 244-174 316-260
Total points 418 576
Winners 89 129
%Winners 36% 41%

Both Zheng and Muchova played 4 matches. At the moment, Karolina Muchova has given away 1 set, while Qinwen Zheng has not given away a set so far. Zheng has played 2 set(s) less than Muchova (8 vs 10). So Zheng has played 16 games less than Muchova. Zheng scored 89 winners (36% of total points). On the other hand, Muchova scored 129 winners (41%).

Serving performance

To serve Zheng Veelova
Aces 17 12
Average per match 4.3 3
1st in 109/198 199/303
%1st in 55% 66%
1st points 89/109 129/199
%1st points 82% 65%
2nd points 53/89 57/104
%2nd points 60% 55%

Zheng made 17 aces (4.3 per game). Muchova hit 12 aces (3 per game). Zheng won 82% of the points on her first serve. She was quite effective on her second serve, winning 60% of the points. On the other hand, Muchova won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid showing on her second serve, winning 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zheng Veelova
Won 15 21
Converted 15/31 21/27
% Converted 48% 78%
Granted 7 25
Stored 4 14
% Stored 57% 56%
Broken times 3 11

The Chinese broke her opponents 15 times with a conversion rate of 48%. Qinwen conceded her serve 3 times and saved 57% of the break points she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 21 times with a conversion rate of 78%. Karolina conceded her serve 11 times and saved 56% of the break points she conceded.

Zheng
R1
Errani
R2
Martian
1/4
Christian
1/2
Parry
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-1 7-5 6-4
Tot-set 2 2 2 2 8
Toddler games 17 20 14 22 73
points 60-41 63-53 56-27 65-53 244-174
Total points 101 116 83 118 418
Winners 23 22 16 28 89
%Winners 38% 35% 29% 43% 36%
SERVE
Aces 6 6 2 3 17
Double faults 1 3 1 2 7
1st in 29/49 28/55 19/38 33/56 109/198
% 1st in 59% 51% 50% 59% 55%
1st points 23/29 22/28 16/19 28/33 89/109
% 1st points 79% 79% 84% 85% 82%
2nd points 11/20 15/27 13/19 14/23 53/89
% 2nd points 55% 56% 68% 61% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 3 5 3 15
Converted 4/7 3/6 5/13 3/5 15/31
Converted % 57% 50% 38% 60% 48%
Granted 1 2 0 4 7
Stored 0/1 1/2 0/0 3/4 4
Stored % 0% 50% 75% 31%
Broken times 1 1 0 1 3
Veelova
R1
Kawa
R2
Akugue
1/4
Sharma
1/2
Begoe
Total
Score 7-614 5-1 back. 6-70 6-2 6-3 7-65 7-66 6-1 6-1
Tot-set 2 3 2 2 9
Toddler games 19 30 26 14 89
points 69-56 101-87 87-84 59-33 316-260
Total points 125 188 171 92 576
Winners 33 39 33 24 129
%Winners 48% 39% 38% 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 1 1 4 12
Double faults 2 3 2 1 8
1st in 45/63 66/106 57/92 31/42 199/303
% 1st in 71% 62% 62% 74% 66%
1st points 33/45 39/66 33/57 24/31 129/199
% 1st points 73% 59% 58% 77% 65%
2nd points 8/18 20/40 23/35 6/11 57/104
% 2nd points 44% 50% 66% 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 8 4 5 21
Converted 4/5 8/11 4/5 5/6 21/27
Converted % 80% 73% 80% 83% 78%
Granted 4 10 10 1 25
Stored 2/4 5/10 6/10 1/1 14
Stored % 50% 50% 60% 100% 65%
Broken times 2 5 4 0 11

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