Anastasia Kulikova vs Xinxin YaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇫🇮Anastasia Kulikova
#314 · 26 yrs · Left-Handed
332 meetings · sets 2–3
🇨🇳Xinxin Yao
#270 · 22 yrs · Left-Handed
3Anastasia Kulikova and Xinxin Yao have met 2 times since 2025; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at W35 Shenyang 1 in 2025 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Kulikova has taken 2 sets to Yao's 3. Their most recent meeting: Anastasia Kulikova won at W75 Tianjin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kulikova | Yao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Kulikova | Xinxin Yao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 79% | 23/29 | 67% | 30/45 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 6/22 | 42% | 13/31 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 24% | 12/51 | 37% | 28/76 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 68% | 15/22 | 48% | 20/42 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 12/20 | 59% | 17/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 2/6 | 36% | 5/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 26/29 | 84% | 37/44 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 23/29 | 68% | 30/44 |
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: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kulikova 0, Yao 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kulikova
💥 Big Hitter
Yao
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 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
2 career meetings, newest first
Sep 1, 2026
W75 Tianjin
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 17, 2025
W35 Shenyang 1
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kulikova | Yao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Kulikova | Xinxin Yao | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 12/14 | 56% | 9/16 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 7/14 | 31% | 5/16 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 4/14 | 6% | 1/16 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kulikova | Yao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–5 | 5–11 |
| Avg odds | 1.82 | 2.61 |
| ROI % | +11.9% | -41.9% |
| Units P/L | +1.55u | -6.70u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kulikova | Yao |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 4 |
| Matches | 4 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | SGP → ROU → BEL | SUI → POR → ROU |
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 · Last 12 months
Across 4 shared opponents, both Kulikova and Yao posted a 75% win rate.
| Opponent | Kulikova | Yao |
|---|---|---|
| Haruka Kaji | L 26 26 | W 64 63 |
| Ayana Akli | W 75 64 | W 63 36 63 |
| Alexandra Panagiotidou | W 61 61 | W 64 63 |
| Mai Hontama | W 46 63 64 | L 36 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Anastasia Abbagnato
W35 Las Vegas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Anna Lena Friedsam
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Anna Lena Friedsam
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Jiaqi Wang
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Haruka Kaji
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 8
Joanna Garland
W75 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Xinxin Yao
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 1
Ayana Akli
W75 Lexington · Final
Aug 2
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 5
Maddison Inglis
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Miho Kuramochi
Korea Open - Seoul · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Priscilla Hon
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Wushuang Zheng
W35 Shenyang · 1st Round
Sep 15
Alexandra Shubladze
W50 Guiyang · Quarterfinals
Sep 11
Ya Yi Yang
W50 Guiyang · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 52–76 matches
| Metric | Kulikova | Yao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 59% |
| Sets won | 57% | 57% |
| Games won | 53% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kulikova | Yao |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kulikova | Yao |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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