WTA 1000 · Round of 64 · Cincinnati
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Putintseva
🎯 Baseliner
Zhang
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 1,013 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Yulia Putintseva plays Shuai Zhang.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Putintseva | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–2 | 4–9 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 2.89 |
| ROI % | +46.4% | -45.6% |
| Units P/L | +3.71u | -5.93u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 8 career meetings
6
Putintseva
2
Zhang
Mar 31, 2025
Charleston
C Clay · Round of 32
Jan 13, 2025
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 64
Oct 7, 2024
Wuhan
H Hard · Round of 64
Sep 20, 2021
Ostrava
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 16, 2021
Cincinnati
H Hard · Round of 64
Aug 24, 2020
Cincinnati
H Hard · Round of 64
Feb 9, 2019
Fed Cup G1 PPO: CHN vs KAZ
H Hard · Round Robin
Oct 2, 2017
Beijing
H Hard · Round of 64
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 10 shared opponents, both Putintseva and Zhang posted a 30% win rate.
| Opponent | Putintseva | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Klugman | W 62 62 | W |
| Talia Gibson | W 46 64 61 | L |
| Emma Navarro | L 16 46 | L 62 67 26 |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | W 36 75 63 | W |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L 46 26 | L |
| Linda Noskova | L 46 64 67 | L 75 16 46 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 36 36 | L 36 57 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | L 46 61 46 | W 61 63 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 16 57 | L 16 16 |
| Amanda Anisimova | L 06 06 | L 67 06 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Putintseva | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 72.2% | 68.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 56% | 59.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 48.4% | 44.6% |
| Aces / Match | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 57% | 52.9% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33.5% | 28.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.7% | 50.2% |
| BP Converted % | 36% | 50.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.3% | 46.6% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 50% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Yulia Putintseva and Shuai Zhang face off in the Round of 64 at Cincinnati on Hard.
Yulia Putintseva leads 6-2 over 8 previous meetings.
Yulia Putintseva is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Camila Osorio (May 28).
Shuai Zhang is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alexandra Eala (Jun 9).
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