Yulia Putintseva and Shuai Zhang will square off in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Court 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Putintseva who should win in 3 sets.
Yulia Putintseva -> 1.61
Shuai Zhang -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 6th time that Yulia Putintseva and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 5-7 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 1st round in Ostrava back in 2021.
Yulia Putintseva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 17-17 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-22 | 22-15 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-27 | 19-17 | 13-8 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-21 | 9-11 | 15-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-24 | 14-12 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 41, the Kazakhstani will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Tan in the 1st round on the 17th of January.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Yulia has an overall 352-265 record. She has a positive 166-144 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See her history.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-15 | 26-9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 6-14 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 17-14 | 4-7 | 10-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-28 | 8-11 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Shuai will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in St. Petersburg where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Begu in the 1st round on the 8th of February.
Zhang has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Zhang has an overall 462-344 record. She has a positive 322-210 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2011 and 2019. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Edward CorrieCorrie (6-4 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 3-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-74 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-7 7-67 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liam BroadyBroady – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-72 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sara ErraniErrani (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna DanilinaDanilina – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Astra SharmaSharma – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Kristina KucovaKucova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sarah BehbehaniBehbehani – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulrikke EikeriEikeri – Diane ParryParry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ellen PerezPerez – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Eri HozumiHozumi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lin ZhuZhu – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Angelina GabuevaGabueva – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina YashinaYashina – Heather WatsonWatson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giuliana OlmosOlmos – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction