Qinwen Zheng vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Qinwen Zheng
#23 · 23 yrs · Right-Handed
7Title43 meetings · sets 6–2
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Qinwen Zheng and Sofia Kenin have met 3 times since 2024; Qinwen Zheng leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo in 2024 on hard. On hard courts Zheng leads 2–0. Zheng has won the last 3 meetings. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Zheng leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Zheng has taken 6 sets to Kenin's 2. Their most recent meeting: Qinwen Zheng won at Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zheng | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Qinwen Zheng | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 42% | 10/24 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 43% | 6/14 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 53% | 20/38 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 26% | 7/27 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 73% | 8/11 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 78% | 7/9 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 74% | 17/23 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 43% | 10/23 | 40% | 6/15 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zheng 1, Kenin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zheng
🤖 Servebot
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Qinwen Zheng.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Apr 24, 2026
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 2nd Round
Feb 9, 2026
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 27, 2024
Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo
H Hard · Final
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zheng | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Qinwen Zheng | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 18/18 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 89% | 16/18 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 72% | 13/18 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 28% | 5/18 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zheng | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–4 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.82 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | +37.5% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | +7.12u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zheng | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 3 |
| Events | 1 | 3 |
| Matches | 7 | 3 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | ROU | POR → ROU → CZE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zheng has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Kenin's 0%).
| Opponent | Zheng | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Alina Charaeva | W 61 26 64 | L 63 67 46 |
| Katerina Siniakova | L 46 46 | L 61 46 16 |
| Clara Tauson | L 75 46 26 | L 67 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Mirra Andreeva
China Open - Beijing · Final
Oct 11
Elise Mertens
China Open - Beijing · Semifinals
Oct 10
Elina Svitolina
China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Anna Kalinskaya
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Han Shi
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–38 matches
| Metric | Zheng | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 27% |
| Sets won | 56% | 35% |
| Games won | 52% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zheng | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zheng | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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