Magda Linette vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#77 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
64 meetings · sets 1–8
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Magda Linette and Shuai Zhang have met 4 times since 2017; Shuai Zhang leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Birmingham in 2017 on grass. On hard courts Zhang leads 3–0. Zhang has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Linette has taken 1 sets to Zhang's 8. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Shenzhen Open - Shenzhen (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Linette | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Magda Linette | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 7/21 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 4/23 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 18/44 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 25% | 4/16 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 44% | 12/27 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 3/9 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 14/16 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 44% | 7/16 | 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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Linette 0, Zhang 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Magda Linette.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jan 5, 2020
Shenzhen Open - Shenzhen
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 10, 2018
Hobart
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 24, 2017
New Haven
H Hard · Round of 16
Jun 21, 2017
Birmingham
G Grass · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Linette | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Magda Linette | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 63% | 5/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 13% | 1/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–7 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.23 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -86.6% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -6.93u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | — |
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 (40% vs Linette's 30%).
| Opponent | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Darya Astakhova | L 63 16 67 | W 63 46 63 |
| Leylah Fernandez | L 16 46 | L 36 26 |
| Ann Li | W 63 63 | L 57 36 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L 06 36 | L 57 46 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 62 26 62 | W |
| Karolina Muchova | L 16 16 | L 36 26 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 36 67 | L 36 26 |
| Emma Navarro | W 36 63 63 | L 62 67 26 |
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 16 46 | W 64 57 64 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | L 75 67 57 | W 61 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Katerina Siniakova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Darya Astakhova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Francesca Jones
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Iva Jovic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Carol Zhao
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Leylah Fernandez
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
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 · 44–63 matches
| Metric | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 52% |
| Sets won | 43% | 52% |
| Games won | 48% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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