Shuai Zhang vs Magdalena Frech — Hiroshima Round of 32

Hiroshima · WTA · Round of 32
Shuai Zhang
CHN1
Shuai Zhang
#64WTA
1718ELO
1695Hard ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 September 2018
hard
Magdalena Frech
POL
Magdalena Frech
#44WTA
1725ELO
1700Hard ELO
$659kYTD
$4.8MCAREER
28 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLWL
Zhang S.
7-5 6-3
Frech M.
Zhang S.
762
Frech M.
530

Shuai Zhang defeated Magdalena Frech 7-5 6-3 in the Hiroshima round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Magdalena Frech came in ranked #44. Shuai Zhang extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Shuai Zhang closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-06-15BerlinFgrassShuai Zhang2-6 4-6
2026-02-23MeridaSFhardMagdalena Frech6-2 6-7(6) 6-3
2024-09-25BeijingR16hardShuai Zhang6-4 6-2
2023-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayMagdalena Frech6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Zhang S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Frech M.

Frech M.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zhang S.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Zhang S.Frech M.
17
Serve
32
58
Return
47

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Zhang S.Frech M.
1st serve in·Even
66%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
57%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Even
52%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zhang S.Frech M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
62
55
Break points saved·Clear edge
55
76
Break points won·Clear edge
83
71
Deciding sets·Slight edge
78
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
82
43

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Zhang S.Frech M.
Freshness·Even
96
98

Zhang S.: 11 days rest · 2 matches (14d) · Frech M.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Hsieh S.[2]
Anisimova A.
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Anisimova A.
Zhang S.[1]
7-647-5
Hsieh S.[2]
Wang Q.[4]
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Wang Q.[4]
Linette M.[8]
6-26-2
Zhang S.[1]
Diyas Z.[6]
6-47-5
Anisimova A.
Schmiedlova A.
6-36-1
Hsieh S.[2]
Tomljanovic A.[5]
4-66-26-0
R16
Wang Q.[4]
Kumkhum L.
7-56-3
Anisimova A.
Zheng S.[7]
6-16-1
Zhang S.[1]
Hibino N.
6-47-64
Hsieh S.[2]
Minella M.
6-36-2
Tomljanovic A.[5]
Zhu L.
7-56-4
Diyas Z.[6]
Baindl K.
6-736-27-5
Schmiedlova A.
Golubic V.
5-77-56-3
Linette M.[8]
Zidansek T.
6-37-63
R32
Schmiedlova A.
Putintseva Y.[3]
6-20-0
Diyas Z.[6]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-26-1
Hibino N.
Bouchard E.
6-46-4
Zheng S.[7]
Riske Amritraj A.
7-56-4
Baindl K.
Zhang Y.
6-26-3
Zhu L.
Kato M.
7-636-2
Tomljanovic A.[5]
Ferro F.
6-46-1
Zidansek T.
Rodionova A.
6-26-4
Wang Q.[4]
Hon P.
3-66-16-3
Linette M.[8]
Larsson J.
6-46-1
Hsieh S.[2]
Hercog P.
4-66-16-3
Anisimova A.
Fett J.
6-16-1
Kumkhum L.
Duan Y.
5-76-26-2
Golubic V.
Doi M.
0-66-37-61
Minella M.
Nara K.
6-36-4
Zhang S.[1]
Frech M.
7-56-3