Shuai Zhang vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w35 meetings · sets 4–6
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
88wShuai Zhang and Simona Halep have met 5 times since 2016; Simona Halep leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Australian Open in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–1. Halep has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Zhang has taken 4 sets to Halep's 6. Their most recent meeting: Simona Halep won at National Bank Open - Toronto (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zhang | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shuai Zhang | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 23/33 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 9/30 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 19/63 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 47% | 16/34 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 12/29 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 6/8 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 29/32 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 23/32 | — | |
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 (Zhang 2, Halep 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Halep
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 272 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Aug 10, 2022
National Bank Open - Toronto
H Hard · 2nd Round
Apr 28, 2022
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 1st Round
Jul 5, 2019
Wimbledon
G Grass · Quarterfinals
Oct 6, 2016
Beijing
H Hard · Round of 16
Jan 19, 2016
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhang | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 3.35 | - |
| ROI % | -32.4% | - |
| Units P/L | -2.27u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Leylah Fernandez
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
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
Jelena Ostapenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Lucia Bronzetti
Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca · 1st Round
Feb 4
Yue Yuan
Hong Kong Tennis Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 28
Anna Blinkova
Hong Kong 125 Open - Hong Kong · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Arina Rodionova
Hong Kong 125 Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 2
Paula Badosa
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Daria Snigur
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Anastasia Potapova
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Beatriz Haddad Maia
National Bank Open - Toronto · Final
Aug 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–63 matches
| Metric | Zhang | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | - |
| Sets won | 52% | - |
| Games won | 51% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhang | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhang | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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