WTA 1000 · Round of 16 · Madrid
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Stephens
⚙️ Grinder
Zheng
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 62% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 458 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Saisai Zheng here.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Stephens | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 3.74 | - |
| ROI % | -68.2% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.41u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
2
Stephens
1
Zheng
Sep 30, 2019
Beijing
H Hard · Round of 32
May 6, 2019
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 16
Oct 1, 2018
Beijing
H Hard · Round of 32
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Stephens | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 65.6% | 0% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 48.7% | 0% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 46.8% | 0% |
| Aces / Match | 0.8 | 0 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 56.2% | 0% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 25.1% | 0% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 39.4% | 0% |
| BP Converted % | 49.1% | 0% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 40.1% | 0% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 17% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Sloane Stephens and Saisai Zheng face off in the Round of 16 at Madrid on Clay.
Sloane Stephens leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Sloane Stephens is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Sara Bejlek (May 25).
Saisai Zheng is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Erika Andreeva (Jan 13).
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