Bethanie Mattek Sands vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Bethanie Mattek Sands
Unranked · 41 yrs · Right-Handed
187w2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Bethanie Mattek Sands and Shuai Zhang have met 2 times since 2016; Shuai Zhang leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Seoul in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–0. Zhang has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Sands has taken 0 sets to Zhang's 4. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Tennis in the Land - Cleveland (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mattek Sands | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Bethanie Mattek Sands | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 67% | 22/33 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 27% | 7/26 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 31% | 18/59 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 50% | 14/28 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 45% | 13/29 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 67% | 6/9 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 90% | 28/31 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 71% | 22/31 | |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mattek Sands 0, Zhang 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sands
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 330 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Bethanie Mattek Sands.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 25, 2021
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland
H Hard · 2nd Round
Sep 22, 2016
Seoul
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sands | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | - | 3.16 |
| ROI % | - | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sands | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | — | CAN → POL → AUT |
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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Linda Fruhvirtova
Thailand Open - Hua Hin · 1st Round
Jan 31
Danka Kovinic
LP Open by IND - Colina · 1st Round
Nov 7
Shuai Zhang
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland · 2nd Round
Aug 25
Ena Shibahara
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland · 1st Round
Aug 23
Anett Kontaveit
Grampians Trophy - Melbourne · 2nd Round
Feb 5
Barbora Strycova
Grampians Trophy - Melbourne · 1st Round
Feb 3
Olga Govortsova
The Top Seed Open - Lexington · 1st Round
Aug 11
Carla Suarez Navarro
San Jose · Round of 16
Aug 1
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
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Karolina Muchova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Bianca Andreescu
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 59–59 matches
| Metric | Sands | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 56% |
| Sets won | - | 54% |
| Games won | - | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sands | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sands | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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