Shuai Zhang and Bethanie Mattek-Sands will square off in the qualifications of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CREDIT ONE STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.124
Bethanie Mattek-Sands -> 5.4

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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands

This will be the 4th time that Shuai Zhang and Bethanie Mattek-Sands clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zhang won 6-4 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Cleveland back in 2021.

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang

4 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-0
Rank
166
High
22
LWWWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-4 2-3 3-1 0-0 0-0 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. 172, Zhang got to the qualifications after beating Haley Giavara 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Giavara (6-4 6-1). During the match, Zhang scored 63 points vs Giavara’s 47. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhang was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 59% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Giavara 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Zhang has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (236-205). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an aggregate 31-46 record in the last years on clay.

The Chinese has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Charleston

Charleston
Zhang's Record

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

1 - 1win/loss

Clay
1-1
Rank
High
30
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 6-7 6-6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the American got to the qualifications after beating Sophie Chang 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Bethanie had a good straight sets win against Chang (6-3 6-1). During the match Mattek-Sands scored 59 points vs Chang’s 38. Mattek-Sands was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about serving, Mattek-Sands wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mattek-Sands put 61% of her first serves in, winning 53% (16/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Mattek-Sands broke Chang 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).

Mattek-Sands has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Charleston
Mattek-Sands's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Zhang
B.Mattek-Sands
1h:04
1h:04
Time on court​
1h:05
1h:05
1h:04
1h:04
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
63
63
Total points​
59
59
63
63
Avg point​
59
59
28
28
Winners
16
16
28
28
Avg Winners​
16
16
44%
44%
Ratio winners
27%
27%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
28/41
28/41
1st won total​
16/30
16/30
68%
68%
1st won %
53%
53%
14/28
14/28
2nd won total​
10/19
10/19
50%
50%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
BP won
7/9
7/9
5/6
5/6
Avg BP won
7/9
7/9
!
83%
83%
Won
!
78%
78%
8
8
Conceded
8
8
8
8
Avg Conceded
8
8
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
6
6
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zhang Mattek-Sands
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 16
Pts 63-47 59-38
Total Points 110 97
Winners 28 16
%Winners 44% 27%

Both Zhang and Mattek-Sands played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Mattek-Sands have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhang played 1 game more than Mattek-Sands. Shuai scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mattek-Sands bagged 16 winners (27%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zhang Mattek-Sands
Aces 0 0
Avg per match 0 0
1st in 41/69 30/49
%1st in 59% 61%
1st pts 28/41 16/30
%1st pts 68% 53%
2nd pts 14/28 10/19
%2nd pts 50% 53%

Zhang didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mattek-Sands also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zhang won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mattek-Sands won 53% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zhang Mattek-Sands
Won 5 7
Converted 5/6 7/9
% Converted 83% 78%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6 5
% Saved 75% 63%
Times Broken 2 3

The Chinese broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Zhang dropped her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Mattek-Sands broke her opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Zhang
Q1
Giavara
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-47 63-47
Total points 110 110
Winners 28 28
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 41/69 41/69
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 28/41 28/41
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 14/28 14/28
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/6 5/6
Converted % 83% 83%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6/8 6
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 2 2
Mattek-Sands
Q1
Chang
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 59-38 59-38
Total points 97 97
Winners 16 16
%Winners 27% 27%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 30/49 30/49
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 16/30 16/30
% 1st pts 53% 53%
2nd pts 10/19 10/19
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/9 7/9
Converted % 78% 78%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Charleston

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