Zheng vs Andreeva - 13:30 CET
Match news and form
Mirra Andreeva played her best match of the tournament and defeated 20-year-old Nikola Bartunkova, 6-2, 6-2, with 16 winners and 10 unforced errors. As a result, the 19-year-old has reached her ninth WTA final and her fourth at the WTA 1000 level.
Andreeva's ride to the final hasn't been smooth, as she needed to rally from a set down against Yue Yuan and edge Ekaterina Alexandrova, 7-6(4), 7-6(3). As a consequence of this campaign, the reigning Roland Garros champion has sealed her place in the WTA Finals and her top-three debut.
Qinwen Zheng has ended her near two-year final drought and could not have found a better place to do so than on home soil. After surviving four consecutive three-set matches in the first four rounds, the Chinese star knocked out Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 7-6(6), and then Elise Mertens, 7-5, 6-2.
Zheng missed almost all of the second half of the previous season and dropped outside the top 150. The former world No. 4 showed signs of a strong recovery with a quarter-final finish at the US Open, where she beat Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek, and now is set to return to the top 30.
Head-to-head
Zheng leads 1–0. Their only previous meeting took place right here in Beijing, where the home player won in the quarter-finals two years ago, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4.
Stats & facts
• Andreeva is 6-2 in tour-level finals, most recently beating Maja Chwalinska to win the Roland Garros title.
• Andreeva has two WTA 1000 titles, Dubai and Indian Wells in 2025, but sustained her first WTA 1000 final loss in Madrid this spring.
• Zheng has a 5-5 career record in finals and 2-5 on hard courts.
• Zheng was 2-8 against top-10 players since the start of 2025 before this fortnight, but now seeks her second such win of the tournament.
Betting analysis
Andreeva has already won multiple titles at and above WTA 1000 level in her very young career and remains the strong favourite against the home star. Zheng has never won a title of this calibre and is likely to push this clash into three sets.
Zheng in 2026
Best results: Beijing (final)
Best results on outdoor hard courts: Beijing (final)
Record: 24-15
Record in the last 10 matches: 8-2
Record on outdoor hard courts: 19-7
Record against top-10 players: 2-4 (career 13-25)
Record in WTA 1000 finals: 0-0 (career 0-1)
Record in finals: 0-0 (career 5-5)
Grand Slams: Australian Open (did not play), French Open (round of 128), Wimbledon (round of 128), US Open (quarter-finals)
Zheng at the China Open
Career record: 11-3
Best result: Final (2026)
Last year's result: Round of 32
Record in finals: 0-0
Preparation: None
Road to the final: Han Shi (7-6, 4-6, 6-2), (15) Kalinskaya (6-7, 6-4, 3-0 ret.), (18) Bouzkova (7-6, 4-6, 7-5), Charaeva (6-1, 2-6, 6-4), (6) Svitolina (6-3, 7-6), (13) Mertens (7-5, 6-2)
Andreeva in 2026
Best results: French Open, Linz, Adelaide (title); Madrid (final)
Best results on outdoor hard courts: Adelaide (title)
Record: 50-15
Record in the last 10 matches: 8-2
Record on outdoor hard courts: 26-9
Record against top-50 to top-100 players: 15-0 (career 50-9)
Record in WTA 1000 finals: 0-1 (career 2-1)
Record in finals: 3-1 (career 6-2)
Grand Slams: Australian Open (round of 16), French Open (title), Wimbledon (round of 64), US Open (quarter-finals)
Andreeva at the China Open
Career record: 12-3
Best result: Dinal (2026)
Last year's result: Round of 16
Record in finals: 0-0
Preparation: Singapore (Quarter-finals)
Road to the final: Bye, Yue Yuan (3-6, 6-0, 6-0), P. Kudermetova (6-4, 6-1), Snigur (6-2, 6-2), (19) Alexandrova (7-6, 7-6), (26) Bartunkova (6-2, 6-2)
