Clara Burel vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇫🇷Clara Burel
#214 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3wTitle3 meetings · sets 2–4
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Clara Burel and Shuai Zhang have met 3 times since 2020; Shuai Zhang leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg in 2020 on clay. On clay courts Zhang leads 2–0. Across all meetings Burel has taken 2 sets to Zhang's 4. Their most recent meeting: Clara Burel won at Melbourne Summer Set 1 - Melbourne (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Burel | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Clara Burel | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 13/19 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 5/10 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 11/29 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 59% | 13/22 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 2/6 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 20% | 1/5 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 14/17 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 13/17 | 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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Burel 1, Zhang 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Burel
🪃 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
3 career meetings, newest first
Jan 5, 2022
Melbourne Summer Set 1 - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 3, 2020
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 3rd Round
Sep 22, 2020
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Burel | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Clara Burel | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 67% | 12/18 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 17% | 3/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 6% | 1/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Burel | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 13–5 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.50 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -11.1% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Burel | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | DEN | — |
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
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Burel's 50%).
| Opponent | Burel | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aran Teixido Garcia | W 76 60 | W 63 62 |
| Fiona Ferro | L 62 36 57 | W 62 36 64 |
| Varvara Lepchenko | W 26 75 63 | W 62 61 |
| Katie Volynets | L 36 16 | W 76 57 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alicia Herrero Linana
BBVA Open Internacional - Valencia · Final
Sep 20
Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur
BBVA Open Internacional - Valencia · Semifinals
Sep 19
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
BBVA Open Internacional - Valencia · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Aran Teixido Garcia
BBVA Open Internacional - Valencia · 1st Round
Sep 15
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
Montreux Nestle Open - Montreux · Quarterfinals
Sep 11
Tessa Johanna Brockmann
Montreux Nestle Open - Montreux · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Katerina Tsygourova
Montreux Nestle Open - Montreux · 1st Round
Sep 8
Fiona Ferro
W50 Saint-Palais-sur-Mer · Final
Sep 6
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 · 29–63 matches
| Metric | Burel | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 52% |
| Sets won | 62% | 52% |
| Games won | 57% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Burel | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Burel | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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