Anastasia Kovaleva vs Ying Zhang Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Kovaleva 1 - 0 Zhang

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Kovaleva has won 38.71% of points on their second serve, while Zhang has won 44.92%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Kovaleva, in recent form, has won 58.67% of their opponent's second serve points, while Zhang has won 59.97%. The same stats for first serve returns are 38.55% and 39.11% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Kovaleva has saved 47.85% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Zhang has saved 52.79% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Kovaleva has won 50% of matches played (W/L 24/ 24), with Zhang winning 57.41% (W/L 31/ 23) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Kovaleva has their best career surface win % on I.hard, winning 63% (W/L 15/ 9), and worse career win % on Clay, winning 47% (W/L 14/ 16). Zhang has their best career surface win % on I.hard, winning 56% (W/L 5/ 4), and worse career win % on Clay, winning 45% (W/L 14/ 17).
• Player level: In the last year, Kovaleva has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 48.84% of matches (W/L 21/ 22), where as Zhang has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 60.53% of matches (W/L 23/ 15). When comparing stats between players to predict the favorite, it is of course all relative to the event level they have been playing at.
• Direct H2H matches: They have played 1 times before with Kovaleva winning 1 times and Zhang being victorious 0 times. They have played 2 sets in total, with Kovaleva winning 2 and Zhang winning 0. The last match between Kovaleva and Zhang was at the W15 Hong Kong, 27-06-2024, Second, Hard with Anastasia Kovaleva getting the victory 6-3 6-1.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 1:55:0.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Kovaleva and Zhang have played a deciding set 0 times, with Kovaleva winning 0 times and Zhang 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 0 tiebreaks against each other with Kovaleva winning 0, and Zhang 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Kovaleva has played against opponents with an average rank of 287.96 while Zhang has played against players with an average rank of 111.31.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Kovaleva has won 70% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Zhang has won 28% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Kovaleva has converted 55.73% of breakpoint opportunities, and Zhang has converted 52.36% of their chances to break their opponents serve. A telling stat for in-game live betting tips when either player has a breakpoint opportunity.
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