Carol Zhao vs Celine NaefPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇦Carol Zhao
#747 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
101 meeting · sets 0–2
🇨🇭Celine Naef
#216 · 20 yrs · Right-Handed
16wCarol Zhao and Celine Naef have met 1 time since 2026; Celine Naef leads 1–0. Across all meetings Zhao has taken 0 sets to Naef's 2. Their most recent meeting: Celine Naef won at Lexus Birmingham Open - Birmingham (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zhao | Naef | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Carol Zhao | Celine Naef | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 2/4 | 72% | 23/32 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 2/14 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 22% | 4/18 | 38% | 18/48 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | 55% | 21/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 29% | 4/14 | 70% | 7/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/2 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 90% | 26/29 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 2/4 | 79% | 23/29 |
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 (Zhao 0, Naef 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhao
🛡️ The Spoiler
Naef
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 61% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 811 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Celine Naef.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 30, 2026
Lexus Birmingham Open - Birmingham
G Grass · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 5.21 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -4.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | — |
| Route | POR → 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Zhao and Naef posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Yidi Yang | W 62 36 63 | W 62 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Vivian Wolff
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Magda Linette
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Emerson Jones
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 29
Lucrezia Stefanini
Hall of Fame Open - Newport · 1st Round
Jul 9
Justina Mikulskyte
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 23
Sihyeong Cho
Maanshan 5 ITF
Jun 22
Celine Naef
Lexus Birmingham Open - Birmingham · 1st Round Qualifying
May 30
Joanna Garland
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 23
Ashlyn Krueger
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · Final
Jun 14
Mary Stoiana
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · Semifinals
Jun 13
Akasha Urhobo
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 2nd Round
Jun 12
Harmony Tan
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · Quarterfinals
Jun 12
Alina Korneeva
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 1st Round
Jun 9
Momoko Kobori
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Hiroko Kuwata
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 7
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–48 matches
| Metric | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 22% | 67% |
| Sets won | 25% | 64% |
| Games won | 39% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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