Elena Rybakina vs Saisai ZhengPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#1 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇨🇳Saisai Zheng
Unranked · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
54wElena 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 | 67% | 40/60 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 58% | 7/12 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 27/72 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 61% | 39/64 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 75% | 6/8 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 47/51 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 40/51 | — | |
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 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 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 | 15–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.47 | - |
| ROI % | +28.5% | - |
| Units P/L | +4.85u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aryna Sabalenka
U.S. Open - New York · Final
Sep 12
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals
Sep 11
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Naomi Osaka
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Yuliia Starodubtseva
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Thea Frodin
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
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 · 72–72 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 83% | - |
| Sets won | 74% | - |
| Games won | 58% | - |
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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