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

Saisai Zheng vs Lucie Safarova H2H: 0-1

Lucie Safarova holds a 1–0 lead over Saisai Zheng in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Lucie Safarova leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Lucie Safarova won the 2014 US Open round of 64 6-3 4-6 6-2.

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Saisai Zheng
China Age 32 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Lucie Safarova
Czech Republic Age 39 Left-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Lucie Safarova #15 6-3 4-6 6-2 Saisai Zheng #148 Match data Aug 28, 2014* R64 US Open Grand Slam 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
Lucie Safarova #1,269 #5 4,055 1,930 354 273 56.5% 0 0 0 1 6 7

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 Lucie Safarova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2011 0–2 0.0% #276 1,473 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2012 2–3 40.0% #138 1,483 0 0 2005 15–9 62.5% #47 1,664 0 2
19 2013 1–3 25.0% #145 1,467 0 0 2006 21–21 50.0% #42 1,625 0 3
20 2014 6–6 50.0% #100 1,552 0 0 2007 28–16 63.6% #23 1,779 0 3
21 2015 9–22 29.0% #72 1,495 0 0 2008 17–20 45.9% #63 1,652 0 4
22 2016 13–24 35.1% #85 1,542 0 0 2009 32–23 58.2% #41 1,772 0 4
23 2017 5–10 33.3% #93 1,618 0 0 2010 27–23 54.0% #33 1,742 0 4
24 2018 13–12 52.0% #38 1,678 0 0 2011 34–23 59.6% #25 1,799 0 4
25 2019 21–23 47.7% #42 1,750 0 1 2012 27–23 54.0% #17 1,749 0 4
26 2020 6–4 60.0% #41 1,768 0 1 2013 26–22 54.2% #29 1,792 0 5
27 2021 10–17 37.0% #79 1,686 0 1 2014 36–23 61.0% #16 1,860 0 5
28 — — — — — — — 2015 31–21 59.6% #9 1,831 0 6
29 — — — — — — — 2016 15–19 44.1% #62 1,698 0 7
30 2024 1–5 16.7% #692 1,548 0 1 2017 35–19 64.8% #30 1,797 0 7
31 2025 0–2 0.0% — 1,491 0 1 2018 10–11 47.6% #105 1,758 0 7

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 Lucie Safarova
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 %
17 2011 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2012 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 6 5 11 54.5% 5 2 7 71.4% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
19 2013 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 11 14 25 44.0% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2014 6 5 11 54.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2007 13 10 23 56.5% 8 3 11 72.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
21 2015 8 17 25 32.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2008 11 11 22 50.0% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
22 2016 10 17 27 37.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2009 26 16 42 61.9% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
23 2017 4 7 11 36.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2010 8 13 21 38.1% 14 7 21 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 1 5 80.0%
24 2018 12 7 19 63.2% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2011 28 15 43 65.1% 5 5 10 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 2019 18 16 34 52.9% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2012 18 15 33 54.5% 7 4 11 63.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2020 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 15 13 28 53.6% 6 6 12 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
27 2021 7 13 20 35.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — — 2014 22 15 37 59.5% 9 5 14 64.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 17 14 31 54.8% 11 5 16 68.8% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 3 11 14 21.4% 9 5 14 64.3% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
30 2024 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2017 25 11 36 69.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — —
31 2025 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 4 7 11 36.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
Career — 75 100 175 42.9% 8 20 28 28.6% 4 13 17 23.5% — — — — — 207 170 377 54.9% 101 69 170 59.4% 36 28 64 56.2% 10 6 16 62.5%

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 526/627 of Lucie Safarova'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 Lucie Safarova
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% 2005 3/24 3.3 6.3 61.3% 63.5% 37.8% 57.1% 34.5% 54.2% 33.3%
19 2013 4/4 1.8 3.8 63.2% 56.7% 39.1% 50.4% 42.0% 50.4% 45.6% 2006 22/42 4.4 4.3 59.5% 63.3% 47.8% 57.9% 34.3% 57.0% 39.7%
20 2014 8/12 1.6 1.4 66.9% 56.0% 51.5% 45.6% 52.8% 54.4% 45.8% 2007 42/44 4.2 4.2 60.1% 71.1% 46.9% 56.3% 47.7% 61.6% 42.7%
21 2015 20/31 0.9 2.2 66.6% 52.7% 45.0% 41.5% 52.4% 50.4% 40.2% 2008 23/37 3.3 5.7 60.1% 66.6% 41.4% 55.8% 37.6% 56.4% 40.7%
22 2016 34/37 0.9 2.1 63.7% 56.5% 46.6% 51.9% 45.9% 52.5% 44.2% 2009 50/55 3.5 3.6 61.3% 70.3% 50.0% 54.0% 48.5% 62.4% 42.0%
23 2017 15/15 1.2 2.2 65.3% 54.2% 43.1% 51.6% 58.7% 49.8% 38.9% 2010 49/50 3.8 3.8 64.8% 67.9% 42.6% 53.4% 44.5% 58.9% 40.0%
24 2018 21/25 0.9 2.0 66.8% 58.5% 45.1% 54.0% 49.2% 54.0% 45.2% 2011 49/57 4.4 4.5 60.0% 71.2% 49.2% 61.0% 49.1% 62.1% 39.7%
25 2019 44/44 1.4 2.7 64.7% 59.2% 44.3% 49.7% 45.7% 53.7% 43.6% 2012 43/50 3.4 4.1 62.6% 67.6% 49.4% 64.0% 44.8% 60.5% 40.9%
26 2020 10/10 1.3 2.0 70.3% 62.9% 43.1% 43.5% 45.9% 57.5% 46.4% 2013 37/48 3.2 4.1 62.7% 66.7% 46.4% 51.8% 43.1% 59.1% 40.7%
27 2021 26/27 0.9 1.8 67.3% 58.4% 47.9% 53.1% 43.0% 54.9% 42.5% 2014 58/59 4.6 4.0 62.9% 70.3% 48.6% 61.4% 45.7% 62.3% 41.7%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 47/52 5.4 3.6 64.5% 72.2% 55.2% 59.9% 43.2% 66.2% 41.1%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 29/34 4.8 3.9 62.8% 72.1% 47.2% 54.8% 40.2% 62.5% 39.9%
30 2024 6/6 1.0 3.3 62.2% 51.9% 44.6% 40.1% 45.4% 49.1% 39.6% 2017 53/54 6.1 3.9 61.7% 71.2% 47.6% 59.4% 46.6% 62.4% 42.8%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 21/21 3.7 3.7 64.1% 68.1% 49.9% 54.0% 42.6% 61.7% 39.4%
Career — 195/220 1.1 2.2 65.4% 57.2% 45.2% 49.6% 47.4% 52.9% 43.1% — 526/627 4.3 4.1 62.2% 69.5% 48.1% 57.6% 44.6% 61.4% 41.0%

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 Lucie Safarova
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
17 2011 1474 95.9 -1.89 -2.23 0.676 41.1% — — — 0.0% -4.25 — — — +0.25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2012 1483 99.4 -0.72 -1.45 0.900 48.2% +11 — — 33.3% -1.55 0–1 1–0 — +0.37 2005 1664 122.6 -0.20 -3.35 0.726 43.4% -80 -54 -11 58.3% +0.52 7–5 (58%) 3–3 (50%) 103.2 -0.78
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 2006 1625 126.1 +0.16 -2.92 0.922 48.5% -75 +74 — 47.4% -0.12 8–5 (62%) 5–5 (50%) 102.2 -1.14
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 2007 1779 146.9 +4.80 -0.13 1.112 51.9% -65 +16 -63 62.4% +0.75 6–9 (40%) 7–8 (47%) 96.2 -1.99
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 2008 1653 117.3 +0.42 -2.52 0.932 48.4% +26 +9 — 45.5% -0.10 6–3 (67%) 2–4 (33%) 100.0 +1.17
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 2009 1772 143.9 +5.70 -1.16 1.115 51.8% +20 -73 — 58.5% +0.50 5–12 (29%) 9–7 (56%) 97.7 -0.32
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 2010 1742 141.4 +3.21 -2.15 0.974 49.4% -24 +77 -109 53.1% +0.25 13–8 (62%) 6–9 (40%) 100.0 -2.46
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 2011 1799 143.2 +5.52 -2.69 1.049 50.8% +15 -4 -201 54.2% +0.32 20–10 (67%) 7–11 (39%) 102.4 -0.94
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 2012 1749 143.1 +4.49 -1.12 1.036 50.7% 0 +128 -149 49.5% +0.03 6–5 (55%) 9–6 (60%) 101.5 +0.27
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 2013 1793 131.9 +3.17 -1.51 0.995 49.7% -13 +15 -193 55.2% +0.13 8–12 (40%) 11–6 (65%) 98.2 +0.73
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 2014 1860 152.7 +5.54 -0.04 1.107 51.8% -25 -11 -144 58.6% +0.66 14–13 (52%) 9–13 (41%) 99.4 -2.02
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1831 150.7 +6.98 +0.95 1.214 53.0% -25 +69 -92 59.2% +0.63 7–11 (39%) 14–18 (44%) 93.5 -0.85
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1699 127.4 +3.91 -1.84 1.063 50.8% -25 +208 +26 47.2% -0.12 5–6 (45%) 7–5 (58%) 100.1 +0.56
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 2017 1797 139.6 +4.59 -0.45 1.139 52.5% +18 +47 0 62.4% +0.96 13–8 (62%) 10–11 (48%) 100.1 +0.88
31 2025 1492 101.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.25 — 0–2 — -0.05 2018 1758 134.2 +2.91 -1.66 1.027 50.2% +1 +52 +77 52.0% +0.08 2–6 (25%) 1–4 (20%) 90.8 -1.01
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1732 98.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1931 145.7 +4.38 -1.15 1.062 51.0% -13 +46 -65 55.2% +0.37 120–113 (52%) 100–110 (48%) 97.0 -1.27

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.