Katie Boulter and Anastasia Zakharova will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.46
Anastasia Zakharova -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Anastasia Zakharova
There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Anastasia Zakharova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Katie Boulter
34 – 21win/loss
29
27
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-21 | 22-11 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 12-9 | 5-1 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Boulter got to the quarter after beating Aoi Ito 6-4 6-4 and Xiyu Wang 7-6(7) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Wang (7-67 6-4). During the match, Boulter scored 91 points vs Wang’s 79. Katie was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Boulter blasted 5 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 61% of her first serves in, winning 74% (43/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Katie broke Wang 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Boulter hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Boulter has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (274-163). 22-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Boulter has an overall 138-95 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in San Diego where she beat Marta Kostyuk in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2 and in Nottingham where she defeated Karolina Pliskova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.
The Brit has a composed 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Anastasia Zakharova
37 – 19win/loss
113
113
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-9 | 3-6 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-24 | 41-17 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-22 | 26-8 | 3-10 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-25 | 13-10 | 9-8 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113 (career-high), the Russian reached the quarter after defeating Su Jeong Jang 7-5 6-4 and Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Zakharova had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-3 6-1). During the match Zakharova scored 54 points vs Gracheva’s 31. Anastasia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Zakharova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Anastasia Zakharova was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of her 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zakharova broke Gracheva 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anastasia hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W100 Figueira da Foz where she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the final 6-2 6-1 and the Cotentin where she defeated Barbora Palicova in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the W100 Les Franqueses del Valles where she beat Alina Charaeva in the final 6-3 6-1.
Zakharova has an aggregate 37-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Anastasia has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
3h:52
2h:50
2h:15
1h:01
2
2
43
38
4
4
170
132
85
66
77
46
38.5
23
45%
35%
8
1
4
0.5
11
1
5.5
0.5
77/100
46/65
77%
71%
30/62
26/42
48%
62%
5/16
9/17
2.5/8
4.5/8.5
31%
53%
12
3
6
1.5
2
3
1
1.5
10
0
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Boulter | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 38 |
| Pts | 170-145 | 132-99 |
| Total Points | 315 | 231 |
| Winners | 77 | 46 |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% |
Both Boulter and Zakharova played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Boulter and Zakharova have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Boulter played 5 games more than Zakharova. Katie scored 77 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 46 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Boulter | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 100/162 | 65/107 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 77/100 | 46/65 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 30/62 | 26/42 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 62% |
Boulter scored 8 aces (4 per match). Zakharova recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Boulter won 77% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zakharova won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Boulter | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 31% | 53% |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 |
| Saved | 10 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Boulter broke her opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Katie lost her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Zakharova broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Zakharova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Boulter | ||||
| R1 Ito |
R2 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 91-79 | 170-145 | |
| Total points | 145 | 170 | 315 | |
| Winners | 34 | 43 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 58/95 | 100/162 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 43/58 | 77/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 18/37 | 30/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 49% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 3/7 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 43% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 7/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 78% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Zakharova | ||||
| R1 Jeong Jang |
R2 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 38 | |
| pts | 78-68 | 54-31 | 132-99 | |
| Total points | 146 | 85 | 231 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 23/40 | 65/107 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 19/23 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 83% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/17 | 26/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 76% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/5 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 80% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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