Kimberly Birrell vs Saisai ZhengPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇳Saisai Zheng
Unranked · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
54wKimberly Birrell and Saisai Zheng have met 1 time since 2024; Kimberly Birrell leads 1–0. Across all meetings Birrell has taken 2 sets to Zheng's 0. Their most recent meeting: Kimberly Birrell won at Japan Open Tennis Championships - Osaka (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Birrell | Zheng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kimberly Birrell | Saisai Zheng | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 59% | 22/37 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 26/63 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 18/29 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 22/33 | — | |
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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Birrell 1, Zheng 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Zheng
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 126 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 15, 2024
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Osaka
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 | Birrell | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.12 | - |
| ROI % | +4.8% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.63u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Birrell | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | — |
| Route | POR → 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
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aoi Ito
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul · Final
Sep 27
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals
Sep 26
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Tamara Zidansek
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–63 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | - |
| Sets won | 56% | - |
| Games won | 52% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Birrell | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Birrell | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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