Paula Badosa vs Tamara ZidansekPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Paula Badosa
#58 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 3–3
🇸🇮Tamara Zidansek
#161 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
43Paula Badosa and Tamara Zidansek have met 2 times since 2021; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at French Open - Paris in 2021 on clay. On clay courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Badosa has taken 3 sets to Zidansek's 3. Their most recent meeting: Paula Badosa won at UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Badosa | Zidansek | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Paula Badosa | Tamara Zidansek | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 20/27 | 46% | 13/28 |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 7/18 | 32% | 6/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 14/45 | 45% | 21/47 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 51% | 19/37 | 38% | 8/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 3/8 | 63% | 15/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 41% | 7/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 21/24 | 87% | 20/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 83% | 20/24 | 57% | 13/23 |
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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Badosa 0, Zidansek 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Badosa
💥 Big Hitter
Zidansek
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Paula Badosa.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jul 18, 2026
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi
C Clay · Semifinals
Jun 8, 2021
French Open - Paris
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Badosa | Zidansek | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Paula Badosa | Tamara Zidansek | ||
| 1 or more | 92% | 11/12 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 58% | 7/12 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 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 | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–4 | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.81 | 2.32 |
| ROI % | -8.2% | -14.3% |
| Units P/L | -0.98u | -1.29u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Badosa | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 6 | 2 |
| Distance | 10,936 mi · 17,599 km | 592 mi · 952 km |
| Route | BRA → ROU | POR → 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
Badosa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Zidansek's 40%).
| Opponent | Badosa | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca Andreescu | L 26 63 36 | W 26 63 64 |
| Katarzyna Kawa | W 75 64 | L 16 46 |
| Alevtina Ibragimova | W 76 16 64 | L 63 46 36 |
| Anhelina Kalinina | W 63 61 | L 06 64 36 |
| Emiliana Arango | W 63 62 | W 57 62 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Jelena Ostapenko
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Daria Kasatkina
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Nadia Podoroska
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Semifinals
Sep 19
Mary Stoiana
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Jazmin Ortenzi
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Justina Mikulskyte
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 1st Round
Sep 16
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Daria Kasatkina
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Ksenia Zaytseva
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Kimberly Birrell
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Tessa Johanna Brockmann
Montreux Nestle Open - Montreux · 1st Round
Sep 7
Maria Timofeeva
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Bianca Andreescu
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Laura Samson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Alevtina Ibragimova
Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo · 1st Round
Jul 21
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 45–47 matches
| Metric | Badosa | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 60% |
| Sets won | 59% | 54% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Badosa | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Badosa | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
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