No. 264-ranked Carol Zhao will meet No. 98 Petra Martic in the Abierto GNP Seguros Round of 32 on Tuesday, August 20.
Zhao secured a three-set win over Amandine Hesse (3-6, 6-4, 6-3) in the qualifying round in her last match on Sunday. Martic lost in two sets the most recent time she played, falling 4-6, 3-6 to Cristina Bucsa at the Round of 64 of the Olympic Games on July 28, 2024.
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Carol Zhao vs. Petra Martic matchup stats
- In eight tournaments on hard courts over the past year, Zhao has gone 8-7.
- In terms of serve/return winning percentages on hard courts over the past year, Zhao has won 53.8% of her games on serve and 37.8% on return.
- Including hard courts only, Zhao has converted 42.9% of her break-point opportunities (33 of 77) over the past year.
- Zhao was eliminated by Ashlyn Krueger (1-6, 0-6) on August 5 in the Qualification Final of her previous tournament, the WTA Toronto, Canada Women Singles 2024.
- The 33-year-old Martic, who is looking for her first tournament title on a hard court in 2024, is 7-11 over the past 12 months on that surface.
- Martic has finished 160-for-227 in service games while playing on hard courts (70.5% winning percentage), and 41-for-194 in return games (21.1%).
- On hard courts Martic ranks 194th in break point win percentage (42.2%) after going 57-for-135.
- In the Round of 64 of her last tournament (the Olympic Games) on July 28, Martic was defeated by No. 60-ranked Bucsa 4-6, 3-6.
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