WTA 250 · Round of 16 · Lyon
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
💥 Big Hitter
Rus
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 5,392 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Shuai Zhang here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhang | Rus |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–12 | 3–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.77 | 1.76 |
| ROI % | -37.9% | -3.8% |
| Units P/L | -6.83u | -0.19u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
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Zhang
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Rus
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Rus's 0%).
| Opponent | Zhang | Rus |
|---|---|---|
| Yidi Yang | W 63 61 | L 36 46 |
| Vendula Valdmannova | W 64 60 | L 36 16 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Zhang | Rus |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 69.8% | 78.1% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 60% | 55.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 44.5% | 38% |
| Aces / Match | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 52.5% | 54.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 29.3% | 44.2% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.2% | 57.7% |
| BP Converted % | 52% | 58.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 46.8% | 50% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Shuai Zhang and Arantxa Rus face off in the Round of 16 at Lyon on Hard.
Shuai Zhang leads 1-1 over 2 previous meetings.
Shuai Zhang is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Elena Gabriela Ruse (Jun 20).
Arantxa Rus is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Veronika Podrez (Jun 23).
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