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Angelique Kerber vs Sloane StephensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

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🇩🇪Angelique Kerber

Unranked · 38 yrs · Left-Handed

115w
1–5

6 meetings · sets 2–11

Sloane Stephens

🇺🇸Sloane Stephens

#133 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed

4w4

Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens have met 6 times since 2015; Sloane Stephens leads 5–1. Their first meeting came at Indian Wells in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Stephens leads 5–1. Across all meetings Kerber has taken 2 sets to Stephens's 11. Their most recent meeting: Sloane Stephens won at Miami Open - Miami (2024).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorKerberStephens
Wins in straight sets—72%
Wins a set when losing—25%
Goes to a deciding set—26%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite—44%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog—52%
Tiebreak sets won—57%
Wins after taking set 1—78%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1—72%

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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 5 of 6 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kerber 0, Stephens 5).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Kerber

🏹 Frontrunner

Fast startsAggressive openersMomentum-drivenStrong holds
vs

Stephens

⚙️ Grinder

Relentless consistencyDeep court positioningHigh rally toleranceMental fortitude

Matchup analysis

The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 66% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 215 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Angelique Kerber.

Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.

Previous meetings

6 career meetings, newest first

Mar 20, 2024

Miami Open - Miami

H Hard · 1st Round

26
36
Stephens

Sep 3, 2021

U.S. Open - New York

H Hard · 3rd Round

57
62
63
Kerber

Oct 24, 2018

Singapore

H Hard · Round Robin

36
36
Stephens

Mar 23, 2018

Miami

H Hard · Quarterfinals

16
26
Stephens

Aug 10, 2017

Toronto

H Hard · Round of 16

26
26
Stephens

Mar 11, 2015

Indian Wells

H Hard · Round of 64

6678
26
Stephens

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricKerberStephens
W-L-9–7
Avg odds-2.98
ROI %-+21.4%
Units P/L-+3.43u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricKerberStephens
Countries—1
Events—1
Matches—2
Distance—0 mi · 0 km
Route—UKR

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.

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Kerber
LWWWLLLL
L

Qinwen Zheng

Olympics - Paris · Quarterfinals

764
46
667

Jul 31

W

Leylah Fernandez

Olympics - Paris · 3rd Round

64
63

Jul 30

W

Jaqueline Cristian

Olympics - Paris · 2nd Round

64
36
64

Jul 29

W

Naomi Osaka

Olympics - Paris · 1st Round

75
63

Jul 27

L

Yulia Putintseva

Wimbledon - London · 1st Round

57
36

Jul 2

L

Diana Shnaider

Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round

57
36

Jun 24

L

Linda Noskova

Berlin Ladies Open - Berlin · 1st Round

647
62
46

Jun 18

L

Arantxa Rus

French Open - Paris · 1st Round

46
36

May 28

Stephens
LWWLWLLW
L

Peyton Stearns

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals

667
46

Sep 18

W

Janice Tjen

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round

764
763

Sep 16

W

Carole Monnet

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round

64
765

Sep 14

L

Marta Kostyuk

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

16
57

Sep 2

W

Clara Tauson

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

64
61

Sep 1

L

Mananchaya Sawangkaew

Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round

64
26
26

Aug 25

L

Marta Kostyuk

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round

57
57

Aug 18

W

Anastasia Potapova

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round

62
64

Aug 17

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ KerberStephens ahead↓ Stephens

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 38–38 matches

MetricKerberStephens
Matches won-47%
Sets won-48%
Games won-48%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageKerberStephens
Grand Slam10
WTA Finals01
WTA 100004

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceKerberStephens
Hard15

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Angelique Kerber vs Sloane Stephens FAQ

Sloane Stephens leads the head-to-head 5–1 over 6 meetings.