Elena Rybakina vs Saisai ZhengPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#2 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
82 meetings · sets 4–1
🇨🇳Saisai Zheng
Unranked · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
48wElena Rybakina and Saisai Zheng have met 2 times since 2020; Elena Rybakina leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Shenzhen Open - Shenzhen in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Rybakina leads 2–0. Rybakina has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Rybakina has taken 4 sets to Zheng's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elena Rybakina won at Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rybakina | Zheng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Rybakina | Saisai Zheng | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 39/57 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 62% | 8/13 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 26/70 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 37/62 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 5/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 53% | 8/15 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 46/49 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 39/49 | — | |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rybakina 1, Zheng 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rybakina
🤖 Servebot
Zheng
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Elena Rybakina.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Mar 8, 2021
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 6, 2020
Shenzhen Open - Shenzhen
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–3 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.32 | - |
| ROI % | +6.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.90u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 8 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL | — |
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
Rybakina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zheng's 0%).
| Opponent | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Tatjana Maria | W 67 75 60 | L 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Taylor Townsend
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Coco Gauff
National Bank Open - Toronto · Semifinals
Aug 13
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
Liudmila Samsonova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Ann Li
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Daria Kasatkina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Tatjana Maria
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Sep 29
Erika Andreeva
Australian Open - Melbourne · 1st Round
Jan 14
Ons Jabeur
Brisbane · Round of 64
Jan 1
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Jiangxi Open - Jiujiang · 2nd Round
Oct 30
Jana Fett
Jiangxi Open - Jiujiang · 1st Round
Oct 29
Kimberly Birrell
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Osaka · 1st Round
Oct 15
Jana Fett
Thailand Open - Hua Hin · 1st Round
Sep 17
Jessika Ponchet
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 27
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–70 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 81% | 0% |
| Sets won | 73% | 0% |
| Games won | 58% | 29% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
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