Shuai Zhang vs Victoria AzarenkaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
43 meetings · sets 0–6
🇧🇾Victoria Azarenka
#452 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
52wShuai 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 | 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: 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
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 53% vs 👑 The Complete Package across 229 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Shuai Zhang.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the the complete package's elite serve & return.
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 | 6–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 3.16 | - |
| ROI % | -9.2% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.19u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zhang | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
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 · 59–59 matches
| Metric | Zhang | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | - |
| Sets won | 54% | - |
| 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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