Anastasia Kulikova vs Ankita RainaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
๐ซ๐ฎAnastasia Kulikova
#314 ยท 26 yrs ยท Left-Handed
331 meeting ยท sets 2โ1
๐ฎ๐ณAnkita Raina
#583 ยท 33 yrs ยท Right-Handed
3Anastasia Kulikova and Ankita Raina have met 1 time since 2025; Anastasia Kulikova leads 1โ0. Across all meetings Kulikova has taken 2 sets to Raina's 1. Their most recent meeting: Anastasia Kulikova won at W50+H Palma del Rรญo (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches ยท Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kulikova | Raina | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Kulikova | Ankita Raina | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 79% | 23/29 | 76% | 16/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 6/22 | 28% | 7/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 24% | 12/51 | 26% | 12/46 |
| Covers โ1.5 sets as favorite | 68% | 15/22 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 12/20 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 2/6 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 26/29 | 89% | 17/19 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 23/29 | 84% | 16/19 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kulikova 0, Raina 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kulikova
๐ฅ Big Hitter
Raina
๐ช Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The ๐ฅ Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs ๐ช Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Anastasia Kulikova.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 26, 2025
W50+H Palma del Rรญo
H Hard ยท Round of 16
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets ยท Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kulikova | Raina | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Kulikova | Ankita Raina | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 12/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 7/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 4/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches ยท Last 90 days
| Metric | Kulikova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8โ5 | 4โ5 |
| Avg odds | 1.82 | 3.49 |
| ROI % | +11.9% | -38.1% |
| Units P/L | +1.55u | -3.43u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kulikova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 1 |
| Events | 3 | 1 |
| Matches | 4 | 1 |
| Distance | โ | โ |
| Route | SGP โ ROU โ BEL | FRA |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced ยท Last 12 months
Kulikova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Raina's 33%).
| Opponent | Kulikova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Haruka Kaji | L 26 26 | L 06 06 |
| Alexandra Panagiotidou | W 61 61 | L 46 75 46 |
| Soha Sadiq | W 61 75 | W 63 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Anastasia Abbagnato
W35 Las Vegas ยท 1st Round
Oct 7
Anna Lena Friedsam
China Open - Beijing ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Anna Lena Friedsam
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore ยท 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Jiaqi Wang
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Haruka Kaji
W50 Guiyang ยท 1st Round
Sep 8
Joanna Garland
W75 Tianjin ยท 2nd Round
Sep 3
Xinxin Yao
W75 Tianjin ยท 1st Round
Sep 1
Ayana Akli
W75 Lexington ยท Final
Aug 2
Anouk Koevermans
RoveretOpen Citta della Pace - Rovereto ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Jo Yee Chan
W50 Evora ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Emily Appleton
W35 Aldershot ยท 1st Round
Aug 11
Isabella Wong
W35 Aldershot ยท 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Leticia Romanova
W35 Aldershot ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Madison Sieg
W100 Landisville ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 3
Iryna Shymanovich
The Memphis Classic - Memphis ยท 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 26
Ekaterina Ovcharenko
The Memphis Classic - Memphis ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won ยท Last 12 months ยท 46โ52 matches
| Metric | Kulikova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 46% |
| Sets won | 57% | 47% |
| Games won | 53% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kulikova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kulikova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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