Anastasia Zakharova vs Kimberly BirrellPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Zakharova
#111 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
TitleAnastasia Zakharova and Kimberly Birrell have met 1 time since 2025; Anastasia Zakharova leads 1–0. Across all meetings Zakharova has taken 2 sets to Birrell's 1. Their most recent meeting: Anastasia Zakharova won at Tennis in the Land - Cleveland (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zakharova | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Zakharova | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 69% | 27/39 | 59% | 22/37 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 7/35 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 19/74 | 41% | 26/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 21/40 | 44% | 14/32 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 13/32 | 62% | 18/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 60% | 12/20 | 45% | 9/20 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 33/37 | 88% | 29/33 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 27/37 | 67% | 22/33 |
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 (Zakharova 0, Birrell 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zakharova
🏹 Frontrunner
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
Both Anastasia Zakharova and Kimberly Birrell are 🏹 Frontrunner types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 296 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 17, 2025
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zakharova | Birrell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Zakharova | Kimberly Birrell | ||
| 1 or more | 47% | 8/17 | 77% | 10/13 |
| 3 or more | 24% | 4/17 | 23% | 3/13 |
| 5 or more | 12% | 2/17 | 8% | 1/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/13 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zakharova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–9 | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.11 | 2.12 |
| ROI % | -31.8% | +4.8% |
| Units P/L | -5.41u | +0.63u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zakharova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 7 |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | 592 mi · 952 km |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | 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 10 shared opponents, both Zakharova and Birrell posted a 60% win rate.
| Opponent | Zakharova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Bondar | W 57 63 61 | W 75 26 61 |
| Viktorija Golubic | W 75 75 | L 67 46 |
| Renata Zarazua | L 46 06 | W 62 62 |
| Tatjana Maria | L 26 16 | W 64 36 75 |
| Oksana Selekhmeteva | W 76 26 76 | W 61 64 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 26 16 | W 16 63 63 |
| Katie Boulter | W 63 36 64 | L 57 67 |
| Maddison Inglis | W 62 62 | L 67 76 46 |
| Victoria Mboko | L 16 57 | L 46 67 |
| Rebecca Sramkova | W 63 62 | W 64 36 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Zeynep Sonmez
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Belinda Bencic
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Yushan Shao
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Jelena Ostapenko
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Naomi Osaka
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Kylie Collins
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 2nd Round
Aug 25
Anna Blinkova
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 23
Lucrezia Stefanini
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aoi Ito
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul · Final
Sep 27
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals
Sep 26
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Tamara Zidansek
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–74 matches
| Metric | Zakharova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 59% |
| Sets won | 51% | 56% |
| Games won | 50% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zakharova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zakharova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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