Magda Linette vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#78 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 1–8
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Magda 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 | 67% | 22/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 10% | 2/21 | 27% | 7/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 16/42 | 31% | 18/59 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 31% | 4/13 | 50% | 14/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 43% | 12/28 | 45% | 13/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 3/7 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 14/15 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 47% | 7/15 | 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. 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 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 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 | 80% | 8/10 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 5 or more | 20% | 2/10 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/9 |
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 | 4–6 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.47 | 3.16 |
| ROI % | -34.2% | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | -3.42u | -1.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 5 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | 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 9 shared opponents, both Linette and Zhang posted a 44% win rate.
| Opponent | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Li | W 63 63 | L 57 36 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L 06 36 | L 57 46 |
| 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 |
| Xin Yu Wang | W 61 75 | W 64 62 |
| Xi Yao Wang | W 61 75 | W 64 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Mai Hontama
Athens Open - Athens · 1st Round
Jul 13
Mirra Andreeva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Maja Chwalinska
Boodles Tennis Challenge · -
Jun 26
Barbora Krejcikova
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · Semifinals
Jun 13
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 · 42–59 matches
| Metric | Linette | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 56% |
| Sets won | 44% | 54% |
| 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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