Anastasia Zakharova vs Yushan ShaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Zakharova
#111 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇳Yushan Shao
#684 · 17 yrs
3Anastasia Zakharova and Yushan Shao have met 1 time since 2026; Anastasia Zakharova leads 1–0. Across all meetings Zakharova has taken 2 sets to Shao's 0. Their most recent meeting: Anastasia Zakharova won at China Open - Beijing (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zakharova | Shao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Zakharova | Yushan Shao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 69% | 27/39 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 7/35 | 21% | 3/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 19/74 | 21% | 6/29 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 21/40 | 60% | 9/15 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 13/32 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 60% | 12/20 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 33/37 | 87% | 13/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 27/37 | 80% | 12/15 |
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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zakharova 1, Shao 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zakharova
🏹 Frontrunner
Shao
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,750 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Anastasia Zakharova.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 1, 2026
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zakharova | Shao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Zakharova | Yushan Shao | ||
| 1 or more | 47% | 8/17 | 71% | 5/7 |
| 3 or more | 24% | 4/17 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 5 or more | 12% | 2/17 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zakharova | Shao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–9 | 3–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.11 | 3.28 |
| ROI % | -31.8% | -22.2% |
| Units P/L | -5.41u | -1.33u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zakharova | Shao |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 1 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 2 |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | ROU |
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.
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
Katarina Zavatska
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 6
Anastasia Zakharova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Chengyiyi Yuan
W15 Tianjin · Semifinals
Aug 15
Xiran Lan
W15 Tianjin · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Chia Yi Tsao
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Natsuki Yoshimoto
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 11
Cheuk Ying Shek
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Anna Yang
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 5
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 29–74 matches
| Metric | Zakharova | Shao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 52% |
| Sets won | 51% | 52% |
| Games won | 50% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zakharova | Shao |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zakharova | Shao |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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