Shuai Zhang and Yeon Woo Ku have met 2 times since 2025; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at W50 Yokohama (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
💥 Big Hitter
Ku
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 5,392 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Shuai Zhang.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhang | Ku | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shuai Zhang | Yeon Woo Ku | ||
| 1 or more | 78% | 7/9 | 75% | 9/12 |
| 3 or more | 33% | 3/9 | 42% | 5/12 |
| 5 or more | 22% | 2/9 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhang | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–12 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.77 | 1.85 |
| ROI % | -37.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -6.83u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (83% vs Ku's 17%).
| Opponent | Zhang | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Klugman | W | L 57 67 |
| Himeno Sakatsume | W | L 36 61 46 |
| Haruka Kaji | W 64 63 | L 46 67 |
| Hayu Kinoshita | W 62 61 | L 16 76 36 |
| Taylah Preston | L 36 62 36 | L 57 36 |
| Jana Kolodynska | W 64 63 | W 63 62 |
Last five matches per player
Anastasia Kulikova
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Semifinals
Jun 1
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Round of 16
Jun 1
Francisca Jorge
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Final
Jun 1
Iveta Dapkute
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Round of 32
Jun 1
Maria Martinez Vaquero
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Claire Liu
W75 Trnava · Round of 32
May 11
Maddison Inglis
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Haruka Kaji
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 47–54 matches
| Metric | Zhang | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 69% |
| Sets won | 57% | 64% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhang | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W50 | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W100 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhang | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
