Maria Sakkari vs Qinwen ZhengPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 5–7
🇨🇳Qinwen Zheng
#23 · 23 yrs · Right-Handed
7Title4Maria Sakkari and Qinwen Zheng have met 5 times since 2022; Qinwen Zheng leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Australian Open - Melbourne in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Sakkari leads 2–1. Zheng has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Sakkari has taken 5 sets to Zheng's 7. Their most recent meeting: Qinwen Zheng won at Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sakkari | Zheng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sakkari | Qinwen Zheng | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 16/24 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 32% | 7/22 | 43% | 6/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 15/46 | 53% | 20/38 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 52% | 12/23 | 26% | 7/27 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 11/22 | 73% | 8/11 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 4/12 | 78% | 7/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 76% | 19/25 | 74% | 17/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 64% | 16/25 | 43% | 10/23 |
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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sakkari 1, Zheng 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Zheng
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Maria Sakkari and Qinwen Zheng are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,080 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jun 15, 2026
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham
G Grass · 1st Round
Apr 2, 2025
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston
C Clay · 2nd Round
Oct 11, 2023
Zhengzhou Open - Zhengzhou
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 14, 2023
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 19, 2022
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sakkari | Zheng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Maria Sakkari | Qinwen Zheng | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 12/14 | 100% | 17/17 |
| 3 or more | 79% | 11/14 | 88% | 15/17 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 7/14 | 71% | 12/17 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 24% | 4/17 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/17 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–6 | 14–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.17 | 1.86 |
| ROI % | -19.2% | +39.3% |
| Units P/L | -2.69u | +7.08u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 5 | 7 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | ROU |
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
Zheng has a higher win rate against shared opponents (44% vs Sakkari's 22%).
| Opponent | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Mirra Andreeva | L 06 46 | W 75 64 |
| Elina Svitolina | L 46 57 | W 63 76 |
| Talia Gibson | L 16 64 26 | L 36 67 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 46 16 | L 63 16 46 |
| Iga Swiatek | L 64 16 16 | W 75 63 |
| Barbora Krejcikova | L 67 36 | L 46 46 |
| Alycia Parks | W 64 63 | W 76 36 62 |
| Clara Tauson | W 63 63 | L 75 46 26 |
| Maja Chwalinska | L 61 36 26 | L 46 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elina Svitolina
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Storm Hunter
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Talia Gibson
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Nao Hibino
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Linda Fruhvirtova
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Yuliia Starodubtseva
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Robin Montgomery
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Iga Swiatek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Mirra Andreeva
China Open - Beijing · Final
Oct 11
Elise Mertens
China Open - Beijing · Semifinals
Oct 10
Elina Svitolina
China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Anna Kalinskaya
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Han Shi
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 38–46 matches
| Metric | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 63% |
| Sets won | 51% | 56% |
| Games won | 51% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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