H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Saisai Zheng vs Kaia Kanepi H2H: 0-1

Kaia Kanepi holds a 1–0 lead over Saisai Zheng in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Kaia Kanepi leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Kaia Kanepi won the 2011 China Open round of 64 6-0 6-3.

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Saisai Zheng
China Age 32 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Kaia Kanepi
Estonia Age 41 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kaia Kanepi #46 6-0 6-3 Saisai Zheng #267 Match data Oct 5, 2011* R64 China Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Saisai Zheng #692 #34 1,585 1,776 87 133 39.5% 0 0 0 1 0 1
Kaia Kanepi #1,322 #15 2,760 1,908 264 236 52.8% 0 0 0 2 2 4

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Saisai Zheng Kaia Kanepi
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2001 0–1 0.0% #200 1,496 0 0
17 2011 0–2 0.0% #276 1,473 0 0 2002 2–3 40.0% #285 1,498 0 0
18 2012 2–3 40.0% #138 1,483 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2013 1–3 25.0% #145 1,467 0 0 2004 0–1 0.0% #229 1,484 0 0
20 2014 6–6 50.0% #100 1,552 0 0 2005 3–2 60.0% #98 1,527 0 0
21 2015 9–22 29.0% #72 1,495 0 0 2006 14–16 46.7% #78 1,606 0 0
22 2016 13–24 35.1% #85 1,542 0 0 2007 13–17 43.3% #75 1,581 0 0
23 2017 5–10 33.3% #93 1,618 0 0 2008 30–21 58.8% #27 1,761 0 0
24 2018 13–12 52.0% #38 1,678 0 0 2009 15–21 41.7% #58 1,603 0 0
25 2019 21–23 47.7% #42 1,750 0 1 2010 29–17 63.0% #22 1,842 0 1
26 2020 6–4 60.0% #41 1,768 0 1 2011 19–17 52.8% #34 1,798 0 1
27 2021 10–17 37.0% #79 1,686 0 1 2012 25–9 73.5% #19 1,861 0 3
28 — — — — — — — 2013 21–10 67.7% #30 1,838 0 4
29 — — — — — — — 2014 17–19 47.2% #51 1,719 0 4
30 2024 1–5 16.7% #692 1,548 0 1 2015 8–12 40.0% #122 1,659 0 4
31 2025 0–2 0.0% — 1,491 0 1 2016 0–1 0.0% #376 1,663 0 4
32 — — — — — — — 2017 4–2 66.7% #100 1,731 0 4
33 — — — — — — — 2018 12–12 50.0% #61 1,776 0 4
34 — — — — — — — 2019 9–9 50.0% #101 1,761 0 4
35 — — — — — — — 2020 2–3 40.0% #93 1,729 0 4
36 — — — — — — — 2021 11–12 47.8% #73 1,699 0 4
37 — — — — — — — 2022 24–16 60.0% #32 1,802 0 4
38 — — — — — — — 2023 6–15 28.6% #168 1,627 0 4

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Saisai Zheng Kaia Kanepi
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
17 2011 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
18 2012 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2013 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2014 6 5 11 54.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2005 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2015 8 17 25 32.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2006 8 8 16 50.0% 6 7 13 46.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
22 2016 10 17 27 37.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2007 4 6 10 40.0% 8 9 17 47.1% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
23 2017 4 7 11 36.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2008 19 12 31 61.3% 11 7 18 61.1% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
24 2018 12 7 19 63.2% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2009 9 13 22 40.9% 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2019 18 16 34 52.9% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2010 15 12 27 55.6% 7 3 10 70.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
26 2020 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 14 9 23 60.9% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
27 2021 7 13 20 35.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — — 2012 13 6 19 68.4% 12 3 15 80.0% — — — — — — — —
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 3 3 6 50.0% 14 5 19 73.7% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 12 12 24 50.0% 4 5 9 44.4% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2024 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2015 7 8 15 46.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 2025 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 9 6 15 60.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 3 6 9 33.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 10 8 18 55.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 18 10 28 64.3% 5 3 8 62.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 4 8 12 33.3% 2 6 8 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
Career — 75 100 175 42.9% 8 20 28 28.6% 4 13 17 23.5% — — — — — 156 134 290 53.8% 88 76 164 53.7% 16 24 40 40.0% 4 2 6 66.7%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 195/218 of Saisai Zheng's and 427/488 of Kaia Kanepi's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Saisai Zheng Kaia Kanepi
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2011 2/2 0.0 0.5 57.0% 46.2% 38.1% 48.6% 17.7% 43.0% 38.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2012 5/5 0.8 1.2 59.6% 59.8% 41.1% 51.6% 46.4% 52.1% 43.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2013 4/4 1.8 3.8 63.2% 56.7% 39.1% 50.4% 42.0% 50.4% 45.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2014 8/12 1.6 1.4 66.9% 56.0% 51.5% 45.6% 52.8% 54.4% 45.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2015 20/31 0.9 2.2 66.6% 52.7% 45.0% 41.5% 52.4% 50.4% 40.2% 2006 5/30 3.2 3.6 50.1% 63.5% 51.7% 55.9% 43.1% 57.7% 43.7%
22 2016 34/37 0.9 2.1 63.7% 56.5% 46.6% 51.9% 45.9% 52.5% 44.2% 2007 21/30 3.0 7.0 57.0% 65.6% 38.7% 49.4% 52.0% 54.0% 42.6%
23 2017 15/15 1.2 2.2 65.3% 54.2% 43.1% 51.6% 58.7% 49.8% 38.9% 2008 37/51 2.4 5.1 58.3% 64.6% 45.9% 53.8% 50.1% 56.9% 45.8%
24 2018 21/25 0.9 2.0 66.8% 58.5% 45.1% 54.0% 49.2% 54.0% 45.2% 2009 35/36 3.1 5.3 52.3% 64.9% 42.8% 47.9% 52.3% 54.2% 43.8%
25 2019 44/44 1.4 2.7 64.7% 59.2% 44.3% 49.7% 45.7% 53.7% 43.6% 2010 42/46 3.7 5.1 59.4% 68.5% 44.9% 53.1% 44.3% 59.0% 47.2%
26 2020 10/10 1.3 2.0 70.3% 62.9% 43.1% 43.5% 45.9% 57.5% 46.4% 2011 35/36 4.4 4.3 57.1% 67.9% 44.3% 58.6% 44.1% 57.8% 44.4%
27 2021 26/27 0.9 1.8 67.3% 58.4% 47.9% 53.1% 43.0% 54.9% 42.5% 2012 34/34 4.0 4.7 57.0% 70.7% 48.0% 55.5% 51.0% 61.0% 47.8%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 30/31 4.1 4.5 55.7% 69.5% 47.3% 59.5% 45.7% 59.5% 43.9%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2014 36/36 4.1 5.5 55.7% 65.5% 43.2% 50.9% 45.3% 55.4% 43.2%
30 2024 6/6 1.0 3.3 62.2% 51.9% 44.6% 40.1% 45.4% 49.1% 39.6% 2015 18/20 3.5 4.7 55.8% 66.6% 45.7% 55.4% 59.7% 57.3% 41.0%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 1/1 1.0 4.0 65.3% 65.6% 11.8% 16.7% 100.0% 46.9% 38.7%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 6/6 2.0 2.7 71.5% 61.5% 44.5% 61.3% 43.3% 56.5% 42.1%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 22/24 2.6 4.5 59.6% 64.2% 47.7% 53.3% 45.4% 57.7% 44.9%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 18/18 3.5 4.7 58.4% 66.1% 42.5% 47.5% 39.9% 56.0% 44.6%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 5/5 3.6 3.2 58.7% 62.0% 47.8% 41.4% 49.8% 56.5% 45.3%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 22/23 3.7 4.6 51.7% 65.7% 46.8% 49.5% 54.1% 56.4% 41.5%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 39/40 4.6 3.7 55.9% 68.5% 49.0% 49.4% 45.1% 59.7% 43.1%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 21/21 2.5 3.1 57.0% 66.2% 46.9% 46.5% 42.8% 57.7% 40.7%
Career — 195/220 1.1 2.2 65.4% 57.2% 45.2% 49.6% 47.4% 52.9% 43.1% — 427/500 3.6 4.7 56.7% 66.8% 45.4% 52.4% 47.7% 57.5% 44.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Saisai Zheng Kaia Kanepi
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1497 105.2 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — -0.28
17 2011 1474 95.9 -1.89 -2.23 0.676 41.1% — — — 0.0% -4.25 — — — +0.25 2002 1498 103.4 — — — — — +23 — 40.0% -0.90 — — — +0.03
18 2012 1483 99.4 -0.72 -1.45 0.900 48.2% +11 — — 33.3% -1.55 0–1 1–0 — +0.37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2013 1468 100.9 -1.08 +0.55 0.920 48.0% +5 — — 30.0% -1.00 1–1 1–2 (33%) — +0.17 2004 1485 98.6 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.00 — 0–1 — +0.19
20 2014 1553 119.6 -1.26 +0.86 1.006 49.7% +9 — — 53.3% -0.23 2–4 (33%) 1–1 — -0.37 2005 1527 114.1 — — — — +28 — — 54.5% +0.18 1–0 2–1 (67%) — -0.08
21 2015 1496 110.7 -5.38 -1.24 0.811 45.6% +9 +30 +74 30.9% -1.50 5–3 (63%) 2–1 (67%) 105.2 -0.08 2006 1607 113.9 +0.07 -1.13 1.033 50.5% +4 -62 — 47.9% -0.39 5–6 (45%) 3–2 (60%) 100.1 +0.19
22 2016 1542 123.0 -2.10 +1.09 0.930 48.2% +24 -74 +9 40.0% -0.83 0–8 (0%) 2–2 (50%) 91.8 +0.81 2007 1581 120.1 -1.50 -0.76 0.926 48.4% +17 +20 -16 46.5% -0.18 4–7 (36%) 3–4 (43%) 96.3 +0.10
23 2017 1619 110.1 -3.22 -1.56 0.775 44.5% -8 -100 — 34.2% -1.42 5–3 (63%) 3–1 (75%) 104.9 -0.08 2008 1761 142.2 +1.74 +1.87 1.063 51.4% -2 -50 — 55.6% +0.40 13–9 (59%) 9–4 (69%) 107.7 +0.04
24 2018 1679 118.9 -1.21 +1.53 0.983 49.6% +22 -169 -79 54.5% +0.13 3–4 (43%) 0–1 — +1.42 2009 1604 134.2 -0.69 +1.03 0.958 49.2% +69 +58 — 45.0% -0.20 4–8 (33%) 0–7 (0%) 89.0 +0.79
25 2019 1750 134.4 -2.18 +0.80 0.942 48.7% -10 -123 -200 48.0% -0.28 8–6 (57%) 11–3 (79%) 107.3 +0.31 2010 1842 146.9 +2.60 +3.18 1.151 53.0% -58 -100 -165 63.4% +0.93 3–8 (27%) 9–3 (75%) 101.4 -1.00
26 2020 1768 132.2 +0.85 +2.96 1.090 51.7% -8 — — 58.3% +0.58 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — +0.03 2011 1799 142.9 +1.95 +1.23 1.051 51.0% +49 -115 -218 50.6% +0.20 8–7 (53%) 3–6 (33%) 97.9 +0.49
27 2021 1686 121.1 -1.18 -0.16 0.941 48.6% -18 -68 — 38.7% -0.89 4–4 (50%) 1–1 — -0.36 2012 1862 140.4 +3.77 +2.86 1.226 54.3% -34 -10 — 67.5% +1.30 7–2 (78%) 3–2 (60%) 104.5 +0.29
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1838 132.3 +2.40 +0.55 1.085 51.8% -37 +75 -164 62.9% +0.74 6–2 (75%) 7–2 (78%) 106.6 +0.19
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 1719 134.8 +0.25 +0.12 0.969 49.5% +38 +81 -56 48.9% -0.16 7–9 (44%) 9–4 (69%) 97.8 -0.89
30 2024 1548 93.3 -2.71 -2.47 0.779 44.6% -4 — — 26.7% -1.73 1–2 (33%) 0–1 — +0.51 2015 1659 126.5 -0.20 +0.50 0.961 49.3% +51 +100 — 47.5% -0.15 1–3 (25%) 1–0 — -0.35
31 2025 1492 101.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.25 — 0–2 — -0.05 2016 1663 113.1 +1.02 -0.64 0.730 42.3% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.02
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1732 125.4 -0.85 +0.35 0.969 49.3% +33 — — 57.1% -0.14 2–0 — — +0.38
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1777 140.3 +1.23 +0.94 1.059 51.2% +67 -33 -156 54.7% +0.21 2–5 (29%) 1–3 (25%) 93.5 -0.34
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1762 130.8 -0.84 +2.11 1.014 50.2% +14 +32 — 48.9% 0.00 5–4 (56%) 3–2 (60%) 102.0 -0.46
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1729 113.7 +0.66 +1.49 1.042 51.0% +2 — — 41.7% +0.17 1–1 0–2 — -0.21
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1700 135.8 +0.07 -0.08 0.950 49.1% +53 +14 — 44.0% -0.34 4–2 (67%) 2–5 (29%) 99.7 -1.55
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1802 144.9 +2.41 +0.90 1.071 51.2% +48 +6 -236 54.7% +0.25 11–8 (58%) 6–7 (46%) 100.8 -0.84
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1627 124.3 +1.07 -1.99 0.962 49.0% +69 +54 — 38.0% -0.72 1–7 (13%) 2–8 (20%) 87.2 -0.08
Career — 1777 123.8 -2.10 +0.33 0.915 48.0% +3 -88 -35 41.7% -0.74 31–38 (45%) 23–16 (59%) 104.4 +1.33 — 1909 143.0 +1.22 +1.05 1.039 50.8% +24 +4 -153 52.4% +0.17 85–88 (49%) 63–63 (50%) 96.4 -0.69

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.