Carol Zhao vs Celine NaefPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇦Carol Zhao
#586 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
4w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇨🇭Celine Naef
#220 · 20 yrs · Right-Handed
10wCarol 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 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 | 0% | 0/1 | 72% | 23/32 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 2/12 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 3/13 | 35% | 17/48 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 55% | 21/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 27% | 3/11 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/2 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 50% | 1/2 | 90% | 26/29 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/2 | 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
🎾 All-Court
Naef
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 958 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 30, 2026
Birmingham
G Grass
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhao | Naef | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Carol Zhao | Celine Naef | ||
| 1 or more | 33% | 1/3 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 33% | 1/3 | 43% | 3/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 43% | 3/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
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 | 7–3 |
| Avg odds | 5.24 | 1.49 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -1.1% |
| Units P/L | -4.00u | -0.11u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | CAN | — |
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.
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
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
Jun 23
Sihyeong Cho
Maanshan 5 ITF
Jun 22
Celine Naef
Birmingham
May 30
Yidi Yang
Jiangxi Open - Jiujiang · 1st Round
May 5
Katarzyna Kawa
Huzhou Open - Huzhou · 1st Round
Apr 27
Joanna Garland
Wimbledon
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
Ilkley WTA
Jun 8
Hiroko Kuwata
Ilkley WTA
Jun 7
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–48 matches
| Metric | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 8% | 67% |
| Sets won | 14% | 64% |
| Games won | 37% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhao | Naef |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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