Kristina Mladenovic vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇫🇷Kristina Mladenovic
#852 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
11w6 meetings · sets 7–7
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Kristina 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 | 0% | 0/1 | 67% | 22/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/4 | 27% | 7/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 20% | 1/5 | 31% | 18/59 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 50% | 14/28 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 1/3 | 45% | 13/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 1/1 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 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. Small sample — read with care. 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 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 58% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 135 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Shuai Zhang.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
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 | 0–1 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 3.05 | 3.16 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -1.19u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | — | 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
Across 1 shared opponent, both Mladenovic and Zhang posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Yidi Yang | W 63 67 76 | W 63 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Valentina Ryser
Ladies Open - Figueira da Foz · 1st Round
Jun 16
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
Yidi Yang
Open Arena - Les Sables d'Olonne · 1st Round
Feb 17
Alevtina Ibragimova
W100 Dubai 1 · 1st Round
Dec 2
Maria Lourdes Carle
MundoTenis Open - Florianopolis · 2nd Round
Dec 4
Emiliana Arango
MundoTenis Open - Florianopolis · 1st Round
Dec 2
Mayar Sherif
Argentina Open - Buenos Aires · 2nd Round
Nov 28
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 · 5–59 matches
| Metric | Mladenovic | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 20% | 56% |
| Sets won | 18% | 54% |
| Games won | 37% | 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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