Magdalena Frech vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magdalena Frech
#56 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 4–7
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Magdalena Frech and Shuai Zhang have met 5 times since 2018; Shuai Zhang leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Hiroshima in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–1. Across all meetings Frech has taken 4 sets to Zhang's 7. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Berlin Tennis Open - Berlin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Frech | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Magdalena Frech | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 13/19 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 9/25 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 15/44 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 65% | 17/26 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 6/14 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 18/23 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 57% | 13/23 | 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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Frech 1, Zhang 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Frech
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 404 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Magdalena Frech.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jun 15, 2026
Berlin Tennis Open - Berlin
G Grass · 3rd Round Qualifying
Feb 28, 2026
Merida Open Akron - Merida
H Hard · Semifinals
Oct 1, 2024
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 4th Round
May 28, 2023
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Sep 12, 2018
Hiroshima
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Frech | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Magdalena Frech | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 47% | 7/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 20% | 3/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Frech | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–7 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 3.10 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -15.0% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -2.10u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Frech | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | 8,184 mi · 13,171 km | — |
| Route | UKR → 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
Frech has a higher win rate against shared opponents (40% vs Zhang's 30%).
| Opponent | Frech | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Leylah Fernandez | L 46 63 46 | L 36 26 |
| Maria Timofeeva | W 64 76 | L 16 36 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 46 67 | L 36 57 |
| Ann Li | W 64 63 | L 57 36 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 61 63 | W |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 67 46 | L 16 16 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | W | L 57 46 |
| Eva Lys | L 67 36 | W 64 63 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 06 63 46 | L 36 26 |
| Cristina Bucsa | L 16 64 46 | W 26 76 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Aoi Ito
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Moyuka Uchijima
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Nikola Bartunkova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Elsa Jacquemot
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Iva Jovic
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals
Sep 17
Caroline Dolehide
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 16
Nao Hibino
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 14
Iva Jovic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
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 | Frech | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | 52% |
| Sets won | 46% | 52% |
| Games won | 49% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Frech | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Frech | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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