Shuai Zhang vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w39 meetings · sets 7–13
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Shuai Zhang and Yulia Putintseva have met 9 times since 2017; Yulia Putintseva leads 6–3. Their first meeting came at Beijing in 2017 on hard. On hard courts Putintseva leads 5–3. Across all meetings Zhang has taken 7 sets to Putintseva's 13. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at National Bank Open - Toronto (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zhang | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shuai Zhang | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 23/33 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 9/30 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 19/63 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 47% | 16/34 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 12/29 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 6/8 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 29/32 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 23/32 | 74% | 23/31 |
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. Head-to-head: 7 of 9 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zhang 2, Putintseva 5).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Putintseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 476 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Shuai Zhang.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
9 career meetings, newest first
Aug 3, 2026
National Bank Open - Toronto
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 2, 2025
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston
C Clay · 2nd Round
Jan 16, 2025
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Oct 8, 2024
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 21, 2021
J&T Banka Ostrava Open - Ostrava
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 16, 2021
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 23, 2020
Western & Southern Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 9, 2019
Fed Cup G1 PPO: CHN vs KAZ
H Hard · Round Robin
Oct 4, 2017
Beijing
H Hard · Round of 64
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhang | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shuai Zhang | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 17% | 1/6 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhang | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–5 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 3.35 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | -32.4% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -2.27u | -0.19u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zhang | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | CZE |
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
Putintseva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (70% vs Zhang's 40%).
| Opponent | Zhang | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlyn Krueger | W 64 57 64 | W 61 63 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | L 57 46 | W |
| Mona Barthel | L 16 46 | W 62 76 |
| Bianca Andreescu | W 76 76 | W 76 36 76 |
| Talia Gibson | L 16 46 | W 46 64 61 |
| Emma Navarro | L 62 67 26 | L 16 46 |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | W 64 62 | W 36 75 63 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 36 57 | L 36 36 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | W 61 63 | L 46 61 46 |
| Hailey Baptiste | L 46 46 | W 62 64 |
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
Ashlyn Krueger
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Belinda Bencic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Maya Joint
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Victoria Rodriguez
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–63 matches
| Metric | Zhang | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 55% |
| Sets won | 52% | 56% |
| Games won | 51% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhang | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| BJK Cup | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhang | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 5 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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