Petra Kvitova vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Petra Kvitova
Unranked · 36 yrs · Left-Handed
53w5 meetings · sets 8–2
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Petra Kvitova and Shuai Zhang have met 5 times since 2016; Petra Kvitova leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at Zhuhai in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Kvitova leads 2–1. On clay courts Kvitova leads 2–0. Kvitova has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Kvitova has taken 8 sets to Zhang's 2. Their most recent meeting: Petra Kvitova won at Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kvitova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Petra Kvitova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 67% | 22/33 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 27% | 7/26 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 31% | 18/59 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 50% | 14/28 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 45% | 13/29 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 67% | 6/9 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 90% | 28/31 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 5 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kvitova 4, Zhang 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kvitova
🤖 Servebot
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Petra Kvitova.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Feb 14, 2023
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 5, 2020
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 4th Round
May 5, 2018
Prague
C Clay · Semifinals
Aug 23, 2017
New Haven
H Hard · Round of 32
Nov 5, 2016
Zhuhai
H Hard · Semifinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | - | 3.16 |
| ROI % | - | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kvitova | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diane Parry
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 25
Emma Navarro
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jul 1
Beatriz Haddad Maia
LTA London Championships - London · 1st Round
Jun 9
Viktorija Golubic
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 25
Irina Camelia Begu
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 1st Round
May 6
Katie Volynets
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 23
Sofia Kenin
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 18
Varvara Gracheva
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 59–59 matches
| Metric | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 56% |
| Sets won | - | 54% |
| Games won | - | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA Finals | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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