Niklas Waldner and Zach Stephens have met 1 time since 2025; Niklas Waldner leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Niklas Waldner won at M15 Sharm ElSheikh (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Waldner
⚙️ Grinder
Stephens
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The ⚙️ Grinder archetype wins about 63% vs 🏃 Pusher across 581 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Niklas Waldner.
Grinder players often use relentless consistency and deep court positioning to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Waldner | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 10.18 | 4.08 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Waldner and Stephens posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Waldner | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Yurii Dzhavakian | L 67 02 | L 16 61 36 |
Last five matches per player
Louis Wessels
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 17
Theo Papamalamis
M15 Litija · Round of 32
May 18
Alex Martinez
Danube Upper Austria Open powered by SKE · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 26
Thiago Agustin Pernas
M15 Monastir · Round of 32
Mar 16
Jacob Bradshaw
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Feb 16
Tobia Costanzo Baragiola Mordini
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Feb 16
Maximilian Neuchrist
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Feb 2
Sander Jong
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Feb 2
Tiago Torres
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 17
Guilherme Valdoleiros
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 15
Jacob Brumm
M15 Boca Raton · Round of 32
Apr 6
Kaylan Bigun
M25 Las Vegas NV · Round of 32
Mar 23
Georgii Kravchenko
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Dec 8
Vladimir Uzhylovsky
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Dec 8
Niklas Waldner
M15 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Dec 1
Jay Clarke
Islamabad · Semifinals
Nov 29
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–24 matches
| Metric | Waldner | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 25% | 28% |
| Sets won | 30% | 31% |
| Games won | 43% | 43% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Waldner | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Waldner | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
