Paula Badosa vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Paula Badosa
#83 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
5w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Paula Badosa and Shuai Zhang have met 1 time since 2024; Paula Badosa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Badosa has taken 2 sets to Zhang's 0. Their most recent meeting: Paula Badosa won at China Open - Beijing (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Badosa | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Paula Badosa | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 78% | 18/23 | 67% | 22/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 8/16 | 27% | 7/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 13/39 | 31% | 18/59 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 17/31 | 50% | 14/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 4/8 | 45% | 13/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 58% | 7/12 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 19/23 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 18/23 | 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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Badosa 1, Zhang 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Badosa
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 330 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Paula Badosa.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 3, 2024
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Badosa | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Paula Badosa | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 94% | 16/17 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 3 or more | 71% | 12/17 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 5 or more | 35% | 6/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 6% | 1/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/9 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Badosa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 13–4 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.70 | 3.16 |
| ROI % | +18.2% | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | +3.09u | -1.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Badosa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | — | 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 10 shared opponents, both Badosa and Zhang posted a 60% win rate.
| Opponent | Badosa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Kayla Day | W 64 63 | W 26 62 62 |
| Yulia Putintseva | W 61 62 | W 64 61 |
| Varvara Lepchenko | W 75 76 | W 62 61 |
| Marina Bassols Ribera | W 63 62 | W 76 63 |
| Emma Navarro | L 64 36 57 | L 62 67 26 |
| Bianca Andreescu | L 26 63 36 | W 76 76 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | W 26 62 75 | L 57 46 |
| Linda Noskova | L 16 36 | L 75 16 46 |
| Coco Gauff | W 16 63 62 | L 36 26 |
| Eva Lys | L 62 57 46 | W 64 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Mayar Sherif
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Panna Udvardy
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Katarzyna Kawa
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 22
Tamara Zidansek
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Semifinals
Jul 18
Panna Udvardy
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alevtina Ibragimova
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Anhelina Kalinina
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Simona Waltert
Nordea Open - Bastad · Final
Jul 11
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 39–59 matches
| Metric | Badosa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 56% |
| Sets won | 59% | 54% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Badosa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Badosa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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