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Roman Safiullin vs Zhizhen ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇷🇺Roman Safiullin

#79 · 29 yrs · R

3–2

5 meetings · sets 7–6

🇨🇳Zhizhen Zhang

#166 · 29 yrs · R

5Lost 5 straight

Roman Safiullin and Zhizhen Zhang have met 5 times since 2018; Roman Safiullin leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Chengdu in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Safiullin leads 3–1. Across all meetings Safiullin has taken 7 sets to Zhang's 6. Their most recent meeting: Zhizhen Zhang won at Nottingham 2 Challenger (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Safiullin	Zhang
Indicator	Roman Safiullin		Zhizhen Zhang
Wins in straight sets	62%	21/34	67%	14/21
Wins a set when losing	43%	6/14	40%	10/25
Goes to a deciding set	40%	19/48	37%	17/46
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	50%	15/30	48%	11/23
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	67%	10/15	50%	10/20
Tiebreak sets won	59%	10/17	41%	12/29
Wins after taking set 1	93%	26/28	78%	18/23
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	75%	21/28	61%	14/23

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: 2 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Safiullin 1, Zhang 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Safiullin

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Zhang

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Matchup analysis

💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 4,932 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.

Previous meetings

5 career meetings, newest first

Jun 18, 2026

Nottingham 2 Challenger

G Grass · Quarterfinals

76⁴

6¹¹7

Zhang

Jan 22, 2020

Bangkok Challenger

H Hard · 2nd Round

76⁵

Safiullin

Jan 15, 2020

Bangkok Challenger

H Hard · 3rd Round

Safiullin

Aug 10, 2018

Jinan

H Hard · Quarterfinals

Zhang

Aug 2, 2018

Chengdu

H Hard · Round of 16

Safiullin

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Safiullin	Zhang
Outcome	Roman Safiullin		Zhizhen Zhang
1 or more	100%	15/15	100%	6/6
3 or more	93%	14/15	67%	4/6
5 or more	80%	12/15	67%	4/6
10 or more	13%	2/15	50%	3/6
15 or more	13%	2/15	0%	0/6
20 or more	0%	0/15	0%	0/6

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Safiullin	Zhang
W-L	9–6	1–4
Avg odds	1.90	2.32
ROI %	-10.7%	-72.4%
Units P/L	-1.61u	-3.62u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Safiullin	Zhang
Countries	1	1
Events	3	3
Matches	10	3
Distance	1,361 mi · 2,191 km	1,361 mi · 2,191 km
Route	CHN	CHN

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

Across 3 shared opponents, both Safiullin and Zhang posted a 67% win rate.

Opponent	Safiullin	Zhang
Francisco Cerundolo	L 67 36	L 36 67 36
Jaime Faria	W 46 64 76	W 64 75
Cezar Cretu	W 62 64	W 76 26 64

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Safiullin

LWWWLWLW

Francisco Cerundolo

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round

6⁵7

Oct 9

Rinky Hijikata

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round

Oct 7

Shintaro Mochizuki

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 3rd Round Qualifying

Oct 6

Alexis Galarneau

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round Qualifying

Oct 5

Andrey Rublev

China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round

Oct 3

Flavio Cobolli

China Open - Beijing · 1st Round

Oct 1

Daniil Medvedev

Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · Semifinals

Sep 28

Bu Yunchaokete

Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · Quarterfinals

Sep 27

Zhang

LLLLLWLL

Tomas Machac

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round

6³7

Oct 7

Arthur Gea

China Open - Beijing · 1st Round

Sep 30

Chak Pong Marco Lam

Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · 1st Round

Sep 24

J.J. Wolf

Vancouver Challenger · 1st Round

6³7

Jul 29

Charles Broom

Winnipeg Challenger · 2nd Round

6⁸7

Jul 22

Tyler Zink

Winnipeg Challenger · 1st Round

76¹

Jul 21

Justin Boulais

Granby Challenger · 1st Round

6⁶7

Jul 13

Henry Searle

Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying

Jun 22

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ SafiullinSafiullin ahead↓ Zhang

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 48–55 matches

Metric	Safiullin	Zhang
Matches won	69%	44%
Sets won	61%	45%
Games won	54%	48%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Safiullin	Zhang
ATP Challenger Tour	3	2

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Safiullin	Zhang
Hard	3	1
Grass	0	1

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Roman Safiullin vs Zhizhen Zhang FAQ

Roman Safiullin leads the head-to-head 3–2 over 5 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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