Shuai Zhang vs Victoria AzarenkaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w33 meetings · sets 0–6
🇧🇾Victoria Azarenka
Unranked · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
59wShuai Zhang and Victoria Azarenka have met 3 times since 2016; Victoria Azarenka leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Indian Wells in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Azarenka leads 2–0. Azarenka has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Zhang has taken 0 sets to Azarenka's 6. Their most recent meeting: Victoria Azarenka won at Chicago Fall Tennis Classic - Chicago (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zhang | Azarenka | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shuai Zhang | Victoria Azarenka | ||
| 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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zhang 0, Azarenka 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Azarenka
👑 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
3 career meetings, newest first
Sep 28, 2021
Chicago Fall Tennis Classic - Chicago
H Hard · 1st Round
May 15, 2019
Rome
C Clay · Round of 64
Mar 9, 2016
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhang | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Aug 29
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Hina Inoue
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 24
Anastasia Zakharova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jul 1
Iga Swiatek
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Laura Siegemund
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 23
Sofia Kenin
French Open - Paris · 2nd Round
May 29
Yanina Wickmayer
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 27
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–63 matches
| Metric | Zhang | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | - |
| Sets won | 52% | - |
| Games won | 51% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhang | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhang | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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