Shuai Zhang vs Yeon Woo Ku — W50 Yokohama Final

W50 Yokohama · CHALLENGER · Final
Shuai Zhang
CHN
Shuai Zhang
#64WTA
1718ELO
1695Hard ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 November 2025
hard
KOR
Yeon Woo Ku
1519ELO
1500Hard ELO
23 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWWWW
Zhang S.
6-3 6-2
Ku Y.
Zhang S.
662
Ku Y.
32–

Shuai Zhang defeated Yeon Woo Ku 6-3 6-2 in the W50 Yokohama final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zhang S.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Ku Y.

Ku Y.serving56% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Zhang S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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.Ku Y.
17
Serve
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58
Return
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Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Zhang S.Ku Y.
1st serve in·Even
67%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
44%
49%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.3
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (79 vs 89). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zhang S.Ku Y.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
62
50
Break points saved·Even
55
51
Break points won·Even
83
86
Deciding sets·Clear edge
78
63
Tiebreaks·
82
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Zhang S.
7.2
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Ku Y.
6.0
Even matchUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
9.4+195 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.6Hard Elo 1500
9.3Overall Elo 1718
ELO gap
0.7Overall Elo 1519
0.0No prior meetings
H2H
10.0
6.8
Surface form
8.3
0.0
Win streak
7.04-match win streak
Fatigue & Travel
4.0
3-set count
0.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0
5.0
Opponent rise

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Zhang S.Ku Y.
Freshness·Slight edge
95
100

Zhang S.: 10 days rest · 2 matches (14d) · Ku Y.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Zhang S.
Ku Y.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Zhang S.
Kolodynska J.
6-46-3
Ku Y.
Morvayova V.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Kolodynska J.
Chang H.
7-652-67-66
Morvayova V.
Astakhova D.
3-66-46-3
Zhang S.
Park S.
6-26-2
Ku Y.
Ma Y.
7-56-3
R16
Ma Y.
Sidorova K.
7-657-61
Kolodynska J.
Cengiz B.
6-36-3
Astakhova D.
Zhang Y.
4-66-26-3
Morvayova V.
Matsuda R.
6-26-3
Ku Y.
Sato N.
6-36-1
Zhang S.
Yang Y.
6-36-1
Park S.
You X.
6-33-66-2
Chang H.
Saigo R.
6-43-66-4
R32
Yang Y.
Bains N.
6-46-1
Ku Y.
Shimizu E.
6-16-1
Matsuda R.
Sawangkaew M.
2-67-57-63
Kolodynska J.
Naito Y.
6-36-3
You X.
Akita S.
6-23-67-66
Zhang S.
Kinoshita H.
6-26-1
Zhang Y.
Kitahara Y.
7-56-3
Saigo R.
Wong H.
6-16-0
Astakhova D.
Kaji H.
6-16-1
Sato N.
Nagata A.
6-16-4
Morvayova V.
Koike E.
6-13-66-4
Cengiz B.
Inoue H.
6-27-63
Chang H.
Ren Y.
6-17-5
Ma Y.
Hosogi S.
6-37-5
Park S.
Wang Y.
6-06-2
Sidorova K.
Aikawa M.
7-646-3