Karolina Pliskova vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova
#49 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
6w7 meetings · sets 14–3
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Karolina Pliskova and Shuai Zhang have met 7 times since 2015; Karolina Pliskova leads 7–0. Their first meeting came at Roland Garros in 2015 on clay. On hard courts Pliskova leads 6–0. Pliskova has won the last 7 meetings. Across all meetings Pliskova has taken 14 sets to Zhang's 3. Their most recent meeting: Karolina Pliskova won at Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pliskova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Karolina Pliskova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 12/20 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 3/12 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 11/32 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 6/16 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 9/16 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 70% | 7/10 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 13/14 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 12/14 | 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 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Pliskova 4, Zhang 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pliskova
🤖 Servebot
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Karolina Pliskova.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
Feb 19, 2024
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 23, 2023
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 4th Round
Mar 7, 2018
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 32
Sep 27, 2017
Wuhan
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 30, 2017
US Open
H Hard · Round of 32
Feb 17, 2017
Doha
H Hard · Quarterfinals
May 26, 2015
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 128
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Pliskova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Karolina Pliskova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 5/5 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 40% | 2/5 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–3 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.73 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -35.6% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.78u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Pliskova's 29%).
| Opponent | Pliskova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Karolina Muchova | L | L 36 26 |
| Talia Gibson | W 75 64 | L 16 46 |
| Marina Bassols Ribera | L 36 26 | W 76 63 |
| Yeon Woo Ku | W 06 63 61 | W 63 62 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 06 26 | L 36 57 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 16 76 36 | L 36 16 |
| Anastasia Zakharova | L 64 26 26 | W 64 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Hanne Vandewinkel
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Sara Bejlek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Mirra Andreeva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Oleksandra Oliynykova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Iga Swiatek
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Tereza Valentova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Marie Bouzkova
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · Semifinals
Jun 20
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 · 32–63 matches
| Metric | Pliskova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 52% |
| Sets won | 57% | 52% |
| Games won | 49% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Pliskova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 3 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 3 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Pliskova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 6 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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