Donna Vekic vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇭🇷Donna Vekic
#36 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 5–6
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Donna Vekic and Shuai Zhang have met 5 times since 2015; Shuai Zhang leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Pattaya in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–1. Vekic has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Vekic has taken 5 sets to Zhang's 6. Their most recent meeting: Donna Vekic won at Wimbledon - London (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Vekic | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Donna Vekic | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 22/29 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 11/22 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 18/51 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 17/34 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 76% | 13/17 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 6/12 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 73% | 27/37 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 22/37 | 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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Vekic 2, Zhang 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Vekic
🤖 Servebot
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Donna Vekic.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jul 5, 2023
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 1st Round
Sep 29, 2022
Tallinn Open - Tallinn
H Hard · 2nd Round
Sep 27, 2017
Wuhan
H Hard · Round of 64
May 30, 2017
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 128
Feb 11, 2015
Pattaya
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Vekic | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Donna Vekic | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 8/8 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 63% | 5/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Vekic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–6 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.61 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -56.3% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -4.50u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Vekic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | — |
| Route | SGP → 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
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Vekic's 20%).
| Opponent | Vekic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Li | L 75 67 46 | L 57 36 |
| Talia Gibson | W 62 46 63 | L 16 46 |
| Maria Timofeeva | L 46 26 | L 16 36 |
| Diane Parry | L 76 46 16 | W 62 75 |
| Xinyu Wang | L 63 16 46 | W 63 62 |
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 63 67 46 | W 64 57 64 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 57 46 | L 36 26 |
| Cristina Bucsa | L 36 26 | W 26 76 75 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 46 26 | L 36 16 |
| Katie Volynets | W 63 36 64 | W 76 57 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Iga Swiatek
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Lin Zhu
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Xin Yu Wang
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ann Li
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Talia Gibson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 25
Xinyu Wang
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Viktorija Golubic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 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 · 51–63 matches
| Metric | Vekic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 52% |
| Sets won | 57% | 52% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Vekic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Vekic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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