

What Time Will Diane Parry Play Against Jessica Pegula?
Parry and Pegula are on the Day 3 Schedule at China Open 2024 on Friday, 27 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Diane Parry (ranked 53rd in France) will be facing off against Jessica Pegula (ranked 2nd in the USA) for the first time at the China Open. Parry has only won one out of her seven career meetings against top 10 players, which was against No.2 Barbora Krejcikova at the 2022 Roland Garros. She is currently close to her career-high ranking of No.49, which she achieved on April 8, 2024. The best result by a French player at the China Open was Caroline Garcia winning the title in 2017.
On the other hand, Pegula will be making her third appearance at the China Open. Her best result so far was reaching the third round last year, where she lost to Ostapenko. She has been in great form recently, winning 15 out of her last 17 matches. She reached the finals at Toronto (won), Cincinnati (runner-up), and the US Open (runner-up). Following the US Open, Pegula returned to her career-high ranking of No.3 for the first time since August 2023. Since the start of the 2020 season, only two players have claimed 50+ WTA 1000 match wins on hard court – Iga Swiatek (61) and Pegula (59). Her last defeat against a player ranked outside the Top 50 was to No.168 Emma Raducanu at Eastbourne this year.
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Varvara Gracheva
Luciano Darderi
Ben Shelton
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Arthur Fils
Francisco Cerundolo
Alexander Shevchenko
Moyuka Uchijima
Lois Boisson
Jacob Fearnley
Alex De Minaur
Jessika Ponchet
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andrey Rublev
Jule Niemeier
Jasmine Paolini
Magdalena Frech
Jessica Pegula
Cori Gauff
Ella Seidel
Alexander Zverev
Tallon Griekspoor
Zizou Bergs
Diego Dedura-Palomero
Holger Rune
Casper Ruud
Elina Svitolina
Anhelina Kalinina
Looking back at Diane Parry’s tournament history, she is making her main draw debut at the China Open after playing qualifying matches in 2023. She has already won against En-shuo Liang to reach the second round. Today, she will face Jessica Pegula. Parry owns one career win over top 10 players, defeating No.2 Barbora Krejcikova at the 2022 Roland Garros. She has a 2-3 career record against players from the United States, with a 1-0 record in 2024 (defeating Bektas at Auckland). Parry has a 10-21 career record against seeded players, with a record of 3-10 in 2024. Her best career result on hard court is reaching the semifinals once at Granby in 2022. The best result by France at the China Open was Caroline Garcia winning the title in 2017. Parry is currently ranked No.53, a significant improvement from her ranking of No.99 last year. Her highest career ranking was No.49 on April 8, 2024. During last year’s Asian swing, Parry reached the first round at Ningbo, Guangzhou, and Osaka. She begins this year’s Asian swing at the Beijing tournament. In 2024, Parry has won 21 matches, with 13 of them achieved on hard court. The winner of today’s match will face either V. Kudermetova or Wang Xinyu in the third round.
Turning to Jessica Pegula’s tournament history, this is her third appearance at the China Open. She previously reached the third round in 2023, where she lost to Ostapenko. As the No.2 seed, Pegula had a first-round bye and will face No.53 Diane Parry in the second round. She has a 6-5 career record against players from France, with a 2024 record of 0-1 (losing to Burel in the second round of the Australian Open). Pegula has won five hard court titles, including Toronto in 2024, Seoul and Montreal in 2023, Guadalajara in 2022, and Washington DC in 2019. The best result by a player from the United States at the China Open was Serena Williams winning the title in 2013 and 2004. Pegula is currently ranked at a career-high No.3, a significant improvement from her ranking of No.4 last year. During last year’s Asian swing, Pegula won the title at Seoul, reached the third round at Beijing, was the runner-up at Tokyo, reached the semifinals at Dubai, and was the runner-up at Doha. Since the Paris Olympics in July, she has won 15 out of her last 17 matches, reaching the final at Toronto (won), Cincinnati (runner-up), and the US Open (runner-up). Pegula has won 34 matches so far in 2024, with 24 of them on the hard court. She has been involved in 18 three-set matches in 2024.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Parry will win.
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