Anna Blinkova vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anna Blinkova
#73 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 4–6
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Anna Blinkova and Shuai Zhang have met 4 times since 2018; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Shenzhen in 2018 on hard. On hard courts they are level 2–2. Across all meetings Blinkova has taken 4 sets to Zhang's 6. Their most recent meeting: Anna Blinkova won at Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Blinkova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anna Blinkova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 28/37 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 12/31 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 21/68 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 66% | 23/35 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 58% | 19/33 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 69% | 11/16 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 81% | 30/37 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 28/37 | 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: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Blinkova 0, Zhang 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Blinkova
🪃 Counterpuncher
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 476 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Shuai Zhang.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Aug 8, 2023
Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal
H Hard · 1st Round
Dec 8, 2021
Open Angers Arena Loire - Angers
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jan 9, 2019
Hobart
H Hard · Round of 32
Jan 3, 2018
Shenzhen
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Blinkova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anna Blinkova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 82% | 18/22 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 5/22 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Blinkova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 16–9 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -2.7% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -0.67u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Blinkova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 11 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | BRA → GER → ESP | — |
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
Across 10 shared opponents, both Blinkova and Zhang posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Blinkova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Lucrezia Stefanini | L 26 36 | W 62 62 |
| Bianca Andreescu | W 63 64 | W 76 76 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 46 36 | L 16 16 |
| Leylah Fernandez | W 76 64 | L 36 26 |
| Anastasia Zakharova | L 67 06 | W 64 61 |
| Eva Lys | W 36 62 62 | W 64 63 |
| Heather Watson | W 62 75 | W 63 64 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 67 64 61 | L 26 16 |
| Taylah Preston | L 64 36 36 | L 36 62 36 |
| Talia Gibson | L 16 36 | L 16 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Lucrezia Stefanini
Samsun Open - Samsun · Semifinals
Oct 10
Bianca Andreescu
Samsun Open - Samsun · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Chris Werner
Samsun Open - Samsun · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Elena Pridankina
Samsun Open - Samsun · 1st Round
Oct 7
Lois Boisson
Adana Open - Adana · Quarterfinals
Oct 1
Viktoria Hruncakova
Adana Open - Adana · 2nd Round
Sep 30
Emiliana Arango
Adana Open - Adana · 1st Round
Sep 28
Kaitlin Quevedo
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Semifinals
Sep 19
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 · 63–68 matches
| Metric | Blinkova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 52% |
| Sets won | 55% | 52% |
| Games won | 51% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Blinkova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Blinkova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 2 |
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