Shuai Zhang is about to play against Liudmila Samsonova on Saturday the 24th of September in Tokyo. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Shuai Zhang is at the moment ranked no.28 with the status of Chinese no.1 with 1530 points preceding Qinwen Zheng who has 1348 points and is ranked no.36.
On the other side, Liudmila Samsonova is right now ranked no.30 with 1502 points positioned as Russian no.4.
Live Rankings
| 80 | 54 |
C.McNally
|
849 |
| 81 | 32 |
A.Tomljanovic
|
844 |
| 82 | 22 |
S.Zhang
|
843 |
| 83 | 82 |
P.Marcinko
|
837 |
| 84 | 35 |
V.Golubic
|
833 |
| 85 | 84 |
E.Seidel
|
833 |
| 86 | 57 |
S.Lamens
|
830 |
| 87 | 39 |
L.Sun
|
830 |
| 88 | 86 |
S.Waltert
|
830 |
| 89 | 29 |
E.Cocciaretto
|
827 |
| 90 | 51 |
E.Ruse
|
825 |
| 91 | 60 |
K.Birrell
|
819 |
Zhang is 4 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.25. Her career-best rank was no.23.
Shuai Zhang will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Samsonova in the semifinal. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Ekaterina Alexandrova who has 1805 points. If Zhang wins, she will have 1775 points.
Zhang will have 11 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 1 point on the 3rd of October (Chicago Fall Tennis Classic – Chicago) and 10 points on the 17th of October (BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells).
In her live rankings, out of 1655 points, Shuai has gained 960 points (58%) on Hard Court, 375 points (23%) on Indoor, 240 points (15%) on Grass and 80 points (5%) on Clay.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Zhang is still ranked no.21 occupying the position of Chinese no.1.
H2H Shuai Zhang vs. Liudmila Samsonova
Zhang and Samsonova have never played against each other so far on the main tour.
Zhang in Tokyo, ranking, and results in 2022
WWWWWLWWWL Currently ranked no.28, the Chinese has achieved a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2022. Zhang is currently playing in Tokyo where she conquered Mai Hontama 6-0 6-3, Caroline Garcia 4-6 7-65 7-65 and Petra Martic 7-5 6-2.
Shuai Zhang will take on the world no.30 Ludmilla Samsonova in the semifinal on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In the past, they have never competed against each other so far in top events.
Shuai has won 1 title in 2022 in Lyon. The Chinese reached the final in Birmingham (Viking Classic).
Samsonova in Tokyo, ranking, and results in 2022
LWLWWLWLWL Currently ranked no.30, Ludmilla achieved a 26-15 win-loss record in 2022. Ludmilla is currently playing in Tokyo where she conquered Elena Rybakina 6-2 6-4, Xinyu Wang 7-65 6-3 and Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-2.
Ludmilla Samsonova will take on the world no.28 Shuai Zhang in the semifinal on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In the past, they have never played each other up to now in top events.
The Russian conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Washington and in Cleveland.
