Coco Gauff vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Coco Gauff
#5 · 22 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 8–0
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
7w3Coco Gauff and Shuai Zhang have met 4 times since 2022; Coco Gauff leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Miami Open - Miami in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Gauff leads 4–0. Gauff has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Gauff has taken 8 sets to Zhang's 0. Their most recent meeting: Coco Gauff won at Wuhan Open - Wuhan (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Gauff | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Coco Gauff | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 30/49 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 75% | 12/16 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 48% | 31/65 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 29/55 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 89% | 8/9 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 65% | 11/17 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 37/41 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 30/41 | 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: 4 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Gauff 4, Zhang 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Gauff
👑 The Complete Package
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 272 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Oct 9, 2025
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 3rd Round
Jan 1, 2025
United Cup - Australia
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Sep 4, 2022
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 4th Round
Mar 27, 2022
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 3rd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Gauff | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Coco Gauff | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 19/19 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 74% | 14/19 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 37% | 7/19 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Gauff | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 16–3 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.30 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | +4.6% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | +0.88u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Gauff | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | 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
Gauff has a higher win rate against shared opponents (40% vs Zhang's 20%).
| Opponent | Gauff | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Rybakina | L 63 46 46 | L 36 57 |
| Cristina Bucsa | W 63 64 | W 26 76 75 |
| Ann Li | W 61 76 | L 57 36 |
| Kayla Day | W 62 75 | W 26 62 62 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 26 64 36 | L 36 46 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 26 61 67 | L 36 26 |
| Alexandra Eala | L | L 36 26 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 64 67 46 | L 36 16 |
| Sorana Cirstea | W 64 63 | L 36 46 |
| Linda Noskova | L 46 61 67 | L 75 16 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elise Mertens
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Xinran Sun
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals
Sep 11
Mirra Andreeva
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Iva Jovic
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 8
Cristina Bucsa
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Paula Badosa
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
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 · 63–65 matches
| Metric | Gauff | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | 52% |
| Sets won | 68% | 52% |
| Games won | 57% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Gauff | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Gauff | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 0 |
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