Kristina Mladenovic vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇫🇷Kristina Mladenovic
#803 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
96 meetings · sets 7–7
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Kristina Mladenovic and Shuai Zhang have met 6 times since 2017; they are level 3–3. Their first meeting came at Birmingham in 2017 on grass. On grass courts Mladenovic leads 2–1. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–0. Zhang has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Mladenovic has taken 7 sets to Zhang's 7. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Open 6 Sens - Lyon (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mladenovic | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kristina Mladenovic | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 1/2 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 4/11 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 5/13 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 47% | 16/34 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 5/10 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 3/4 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 33% | 1/3 | 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 6 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mladenovic 2, Zhang 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mladenovic
⚔️ The Gladiator
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 121 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
6 career meetings, newest first
Mar 1, 2022
Open 6 Sens - Lyon
H Hard · 1st Round
Dec 10, 2021
Open Angers Arena Loire - Angers
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jun 11, 2021
Nottingham Open - Nottingham
G Grass · Quarterfinals
May 9, 2018
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 32
Jun 28, 2017
Eastbourne
G Grass · Round of 32
Jun 22, 2017
Birmingham
G Grass · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–3 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 5.75 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | 2,133 mi · 3,432 km | — |
| Route | SGP → CHN | — |
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
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Mladenovic's 50%).
| Opponent | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Tiphanie Lemaitre | L | W 63 62 |
| Fiona Ferro | L | W 62 36 64 |
| Yidi Yang | W 63 67 76 | W 63 61 |
| Anna Lena Friedsam | W 76 64 | L 36 63 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sofia Costoulas
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round
Sep 29
Nao Hibino
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 21
Elvina Kalieva
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Tiphanie Lemaitre
W50 Palma Del Rio · 1st Round
Jun 24
Valentina Ryser
Ladies Open - Figueira da Foz · 1st Round
Jun 16
Xiyu Wang
French Open - Paris · 1st Round Qualifying
May 19
Tessa Johanna Brockmann
Oeiras Jamor Ladies Open - Oeiras · 1st Round
Apr 14
Carmen Andreea Herea
Billie Jean King Cup, Group I, Europe/Africa · Rubber 1
Apr 9
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 · 13–63 matches
| Metric | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 15% | 52% |
| Sets won | 26% | 52% |
| Games won | 40% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 2 | 1 |
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