Kayla Day vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Kayla Day
#119 · 26 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 1–2
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
7w3Kayla Day and Shuai Zhang have met 1 time since 2026; Shuai Zhang leads 1–0. Across all meetings Day has taken 1 sets to Zhang's 2. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Day | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kayla Day | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 78% | 39/50 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 8/23 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 19/73 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 59% | 34/58 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 8/13 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 52% | 11/21 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 44/48 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 81% | 39/48 | 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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Day 0, Zhang 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Day
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 404 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Kayla Day.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 15, 2026
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Day | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kayla Day | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 13/13 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 92% | 12/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 69% | 9/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Day | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–7 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.92 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -12.2% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -2.20u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Day | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | UKR → USA → TUR | — |
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
Day has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zhang's 50%).
| Opponent | Day | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Taylah Preston | W 63 62 | L 36 62 36 |
| Diane Parry | W 36 63 75 | W 62 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Amelie Van Impe
W100 Templeton · 1st Round
Sep 30
Janae Preston
W50 Berkeley · Final
Sep 27
Ella Mcdonald
W50 Berkeley · Semifinals
Sep 26
Anna Sinclair Rogers
W50 Berkeley · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Evialina Laskevich
W50 Berkeley · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Arina Bulatova
W50 Berkeley · 1st Round
Sep 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Elvina Kalieva
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 14
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–73 matches
| Metric | Day | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 52% |
| Sets won | 65% | 52% |
| Games won | 56% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Day | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Day | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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