Anastasia Potapova vs Kimberly BirrellPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#25 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 1–6
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#69 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
4Anastasia Potapova and Kimberly Birrell have met 3 times since 2025; Kimberly Birrell leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Brisbane International - Brisbane in 2025 on hard. On hard courts Birrell leads 3–0. Birrell has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Potapova has taken 1 sets to Birrell's 6. Their most recent meeting: Kimberly Birrell won at Adelaide International - Adelaide (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Potapova | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Potapova | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 58% | 15/26 | 58% | 15/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 4/15 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 15/41 | 42% | 21/50 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 9/22 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 12/19 | 61% | 14/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 37% | 7/19 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 17/19 | 83% | 20/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 15/19 | 63% | 15/24 |
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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Potapova 0, Birrell 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Potapova
👑 The Complete Package
Birrell
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jan 13, 2026
Adelaide International - Adelaide
H Hard · 1st Round
Mar 19, 2025
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 2, 2025
Brisbane International - Brisbane
H Hard · 3rd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Potapova | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Potapova | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 5/7 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–4 | 5–9 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 1.85 |
| ROI % | -40.4% | -36.5% |
| Units P/L | -2.83u | -5.11u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 3 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | CAN → POL → AUT |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Potapova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Birrell's 33%).
| Opponent | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Sorana Cirstea | L 57 46 | L 36 46 |
| Katie Boulter | W 57 64 62 | L 57 67 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 67 26 | W 16 63 63 |
| Elena Rybakina | W 76 64 | L 16 26 |
| Donna Vekic | W 64 62 | W 64 60 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 76 75 | L 46 67 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sloane Stephens
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Elina Svitolina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Elena Gabriela Ruse
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Diana Shnaider
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Venus Williams
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Suzan Lamens
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 10
Anna Kalinskaya
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
Jun 1
Darja Vidmanova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Kamilla Rakhimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Viktorija Golubic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Yexin Ma
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Sorana Cirstea
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Alina Korneeva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Petra Marcinko
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Barbora Krejcikova
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 23
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–50 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 52% |
| Sets won | 58% | 51% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
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