Daria Kasatkina and Barbora Krejcikova will play each other in the semifinal of the Zhengzhou Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:30 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.81
Daria Kasatkina -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Barbora Krejcikova
This will be the 4th time that Daria Kasatkina and Barbora Krejcikova play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Krejcikova won 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2023.
Daria Kasatkina
37 - 23win/loss
12
8
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37-23 | 19-14 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 24-14 | 12-5 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-19 | 19-10 | 5-5 | 7-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 13-21 | 8-13 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, the Russian got to the semifinal after defeating Timea Babos 6-1 7-67, Zhuoxuan Bai 6-2 6-4 and Ons Jabeur w/o.
In the quarter, Darya defeated Jabeur (w/o). During the match, Kasatkina and Jabeur scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 12 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kasatkina was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Regarding the service games, Kasatkina wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Daria Kasatkina conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Darya hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Kasatkina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (339-190). 19-14 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kasatkina has an aggregate 148-105 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Adelaide and Eastbourne.
Kasatkina has a compiled 37-23 win-loss record in 2023, 19-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhengzhou
Kasatkina has never competed in this tournament before.
Barbora Krejcikova
31 - 17win/loss
18
2
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31-17 | 21-10 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 2-3 | 9-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 27-13 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 7-4 | 9-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 29-9 | 4-5 | 22-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, the Czech reached the semifinal after beating Petra Martic 7-5 6-1 and Lesya Tsurenko 6-3 ret..
In the quarter against Tsurenko, the Czech had a free pass after Tsurenko retired on a 6-3 . scoreline.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Dubai where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-2 and in San Diego where she defeated Sofia Kenin in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.
The Czech has an aggregate 31-17 win-loss record in 2023, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kasatkina | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 28 |
| Pts | 149-116 | 97-72 |
| Total Points | 265 | 169 |
| Winners | 59 | 34 |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% |
Both Kasatkina and Krejcikova played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kasatkina and Krejcikova have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kasatkina played 10 games more than Krejcikova. Darya scored 59 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Krejcikova struck 34 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kasatkina | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 96/119 | 40/72 |
| %1st in | 81% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 59/96 | 34/40 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 50% |
Kasatkina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Krejcikova fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kasatkina won 61% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 85% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kasatkina | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 8 |
| Converted | 13/26 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 46% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
The Russian broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Krejcikova conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kasatkina | |||||
| R1 Babos |
R2 Bai |
1/4 Jabeur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | – | 38 | |
| pts | 79-61 | 70-55 | – | 149-116 | |
| Total points | 140 | 125 | – | 265 | |
| Winners | 30 | 29 | – | 59 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% | – | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/59 | 48/60 | – | 96/119 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 80% | – | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 29/48 | – | 59/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 60% | – | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/11 | 5/12 | – | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 42% | – | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | – | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 6/10 | – | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | – | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | – | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 6/9 | – | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | |
| Krejcikova | |||||
| R2 Martic |
1/4 Tsurenko |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 ret. | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tot Games | 19 | 9 | 28 | ||
| pts | 66-45 | 31-27 | 97-72 | ||
| Total points | 111 | 58 | 169 | ||
| Winners | 24 | 10 | 34 | ||
| %Winners | 36% | 32% | 35% | ||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 26/47 | 14/25 | 40/72 | ||
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 56% | ||
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 10/14 | 34/40 | ||
| % 1st pts | 92% | 71% | 85% | ||
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 5/11 | 16/32 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 45% | 50% | ||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8/14 | ||
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 57% | ||
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | ||
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 33% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
