Anastasia Zakharova vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Zakharova
#111 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 1–4
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Anastasia Zakharova and Shuai Zhang have met 2 times since 2025; Shuai Zhang leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at China Open - Beijing in 2025 on hard. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–0. Zhang has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Zakharova has taken 1 sets to Zhang's 4. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Guangzhou Open - Guangzhou (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zakharova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Zakharova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 28/40 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 7/35 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 19/75 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 22/41 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 13/32 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 60% | 12/20 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 34/38 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 28/38 | 72% | 23/32 |
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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zakharova 0, Zhang 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zakharova
🏹 Frontrunner
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 126 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Oct 21, 2025
Guangzhou Open - Guangzhou
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 24, 2025
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zakharova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Zakharova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 44% | 8/18 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 22% | 4/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 11% | 2/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zakharova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–9 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.09 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -26.2% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -4.72u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zakharova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | — |
| Route | 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
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Zakharova's 30%).
| Opponent | Zakharova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Jelena Ostapenko | L 46 16 | W |
| Lucrezia Stefanini | L 46 26 | W 62 62 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 36 26 | L 36 26 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 64 36 63 | L 26 16 |
| Hannah Klugman | L 67 26 | W 62 46 64 |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | W 64 64 | W 64 62 |
| Linda Noskova | L 46 16 | L 75 16 46 |
| Dayana Yastremska | W 46 75 76 | L 36 26 |
| Marina Bassols Ribera | L 36 06 | W 76 63 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 61 46 36 | L 36 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Zeynep Sonmez
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Belinda Bencic
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Yushan Shao
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Jelena Ostapenko
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Naomi Osaka
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Kylie Collins
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 2nd Round
Aug 25
Anna Blinkova
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 23
Lucrezia Stefanini
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Leylah Fernandez
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Maria Timofeeva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ann Li
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Aryna Sabalenka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jelena Ostapenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–75 matches
| Metric | Zakharova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 52% |
| Sets won | 51% | 52% |
| Games won | 51% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zakharova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zakharova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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