Emma Navarro vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Emma Navarro
#27 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 3–7
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Emma Navarro and Shuai Zhang have met 4 times since 2024; Shuai Zhang leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at China Open - Beijing in 2024 on hard. On hard courts Zhang leads 3–0. Across all meetings Navarro has taken 3 sets to Zhang's 7. Their most recent meeting: Emma Navarro won at Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Navarro | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Emma Navarro | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 52% | 13/25 | 67% | 22/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 11/22 | 27% | 7/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 49% | 23/47 | 31% | 18/59 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 37% | 11/30 | 50% | 14/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 69% | 11/16 | 45% | 13/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 62% | 8/13 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 13/22 | 71% | 22/31 |
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: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Navarro 0, Zhang 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Navarro
🤖 Servebot
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Emma Navarro.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
May 21, 2026
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Feb 26, 2026
Merida Open Akron - Merida
H Hard · 2nd Round
Oct 7, 2025
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 27, 2024
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Navarro | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Emma Navarro | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 94% | 16/17 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 3 or more | 71% | 12/17 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 5 or more | 47% | 8/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 24% | 4/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 12% | 2/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Navarro | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.86 | 3.16 |
| ROI % | +0.2% | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | +0.03u | -1.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Navarro | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 5 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | CAN → POL → AUT |
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
Navarro has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Zhang's 43%).
| Opponent | Navarro | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Li | W 61 63 | L 57 36 |
| Yulia Putintseva | W 61 64 | W 64 61 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L 46 26 | L 57 46 |
| Eva Lys | W 76 63 | W 64 63 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 64 67 64 | L 26 16 |
| Katie Volynets | L 36 26 | W 76 57 75 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 57 62 26 | L 16 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Jessica Pegula
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anhelina Kalinina
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Alina Korneeva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 29
Sofia Kenin
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
Marta Kostyuk
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 4
Oksana Selekhmeteva
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Paula Badosa
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 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
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Karolina Muchova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Bianca Andreescu
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 47–59 matches
| Metric | Navarro | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 56% |
| Sets won | 52% | 54% |
| Games won | 50% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Navarro | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Navarro | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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