WTA 500 · Round of 32 · St. Petersburg
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
🎯 Baseliner
Zhang
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 1,030 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Irina Camelia Begu plays Shuai Zhang.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | 6–12 |
| Avg odds | 2.89 | 2.77 |
| ROI % | +40.4% | -37.9% |
| Units P/L | +2.02u | -6.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Begu
0
Zhang
Feb 7, 2022
St. Petersburg
H Hard · Round of 32
May 28, 2018
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 64
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Begu and Zhang posted a 67% win rate.
| Opponent | Begu | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Karolina Muchova | L | L |
| Diane Parry | W | W 62 75 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | W 36 63 63 | W 61 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Begu | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 74.5% | 69.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 44.7% | 60% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 23.1% | 44.5% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 2.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 45.5% | 52.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 36.6% | 29.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50% | 48.2% |
| BP Converted % | 66.7% | 52% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 38.5% | 46.8% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Irina Camelia Begu and Shuai Zhang face off in the Round of 32 at St. Petersburg on Hard.
Irina Camelia Begu leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Irina Camelia Begu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Karolina Muchova (Jun 24).
Shuai Zhang is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Elena Gabriela Ruse (Jun 20).
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