Akira Santillan vs Yaojie ZengPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Akira Santillan and Yaojie Zeng have met 4 times since 2025; Akira Santillan leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Zhangjiagang in 2025 on hard. On hard courts Santillan leads 4–0. Santillan has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Santillan has taken 8 sets to Zeng's 1. Their most recent meeting: Akira Santillan won at Guangzhou Challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Santillan | Zeng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Akira Santillan | Yaojie Zeng | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 79% | 42/53 | 75% | 21/28 |
| Wins a set when losing | 28% | 8/29 | 24% | 5/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 19/82 | 24% | 12/49 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 31/46 | 50% | 10/20 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 54% | 14/26 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 60% | 9/15 | 42% | 8/19 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 46/48 | 96% | 25/26 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 88% | 42/48 | 81% | 21/26 |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Santillan 3, Zeng 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Santillan
💥 Big Hitter
Zeng
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Akira Santillan and Yaojie Zeng are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 3,930 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Sep 14, 2026
Guangzhou Challenger
H Hard · 1st Round
Mar 5, 2026
M15 Maanshan 1
H Hard · 2nd Round
Oct 30, 2025
M25 Qian Daohu 1
H Hard · 2nd Round
Aug 24, 2025
Zhangjiagang
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Santillan | Zeng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Akira Santillan | Yaojie Zeng | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 13/13 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 54% | 7/13 | 86% | 6/7 |
| 5 or more | 31% | 4/13 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/13 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Santillan | Zeng |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–8 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.36 | 2.53 |
| ROI % | -23.6% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.30u | -1.60u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Santillan | Zeng |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 4 | 2 |
| Matches | 5 | 3 |
| Distance | — | 753 mi · 1,212 km |
| Route | TPE → CHN | CHN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Santillan has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zeng's 67%).
| Opponent | Santillan | Zeng |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Jasika | W 62 63 | L 67 36 |
| Tsung Hao Huang | W 62 61 | W 36 62 63 |
| Tsung-Hao Huang | W 62 61 | W 36 62 63 |
| Qian Sun | W 63 75 | W 76 61 |
| Xing Dao Chen | W 62 60 | W 75 64 |
| Xiaofei Wang | W 63 60 | L 63 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yaojie Zeng
Guangzhou Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 14
Bernard Tomic
Shanghai Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 8
Ilya Ivashka
Zhangjiagang Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Omar Jasika
Zhangjiagang Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 1
Sanhui Shin
M25 Taipei · 1st Round
Aug 26
Antoine Ghibaudo
Istanbul Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Digvijaypratap Singh
Istanbul Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 4
Mert Alkaya
Segovia Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 22
Akira Santillan
Guangzhou Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 14
Omar Jasika
Shanghai Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Aoran Wang
Shanghai Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Martin Borisiouk
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
Jul 8
Amirkhamza Nasridinov
Futures 2026
Jul 3
Amirkhamza Nasridinov
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
Jul 3
Chun-Chien Hou
M15 Wuning · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Viktor Frydrych
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
Jul 1
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 49–85 matches
| Metric | Santillan | Zeng |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 64% | 57% |
| Sets won | 62% | 55% |
| Games won | 55% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Santillan | Zeng |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 2 | 0 |
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
| ITF M25 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Santillan | Zeng |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 0 |
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