Anhelina Kalinina vs Sonay KartalPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇦Anhelina Kalinina
#48 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
42 meetings · sets 2–3
🇬🇧Sonay Kartal
#170 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
Anhelina Kalinina and Sonay Kartal have met 2 times since 2025; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Open BLS de Limoges - Limoges in 2025 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Kalinina has taken 2 sets to Kartal's 3. Their most recent meeting: Sonay Kartal won at Wuhan Open - Wuhan (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kalinina | Kartal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anhelina Kalinina | Sonay Kartal | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 31/44 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 6/21 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 19/65 | 30% | 7/23 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 49% | 24/49 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 55% | 6/11 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 89% | 8/9 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 40/45 | 100% | 15/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 31/45 | 80% | 12/15 |
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 (Kalinina 0, Kartal 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kalinina
🪃 Counterpuncher
Kartal
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sonay Kartal.
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
Oct 12, 2026
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 1st Round
Dec 10, 2025
Open BLS de Limoges - Limoges
H Hard · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kalinina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–6 | 3–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | -59.9% | +16.5% |
| Units P/L | -4.79u | +0.66u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kalinina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 4 |
| Distance | 654 mi · 1,053 km | 654 mi · 1,053 km |
| Route | ROU → CZE | ROU → CZE |
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
Kartal has a higher win rate against shared opponents (78% vs Kalinina's 44%).
| Opponent | Kalinina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Alina Charaeva | W 75 63 | L 46 16 |
| Xin Yu Wang | L 36 36 | W 63 62 |
| Andrea Lazaro Garcia | L 63 46 36 | W 62 63 |
| Janice Tjen | L 62 57 46 | W 61 67 63 |
| Emma Navarro | L 63 46 26 | W 61 36 76 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 63 76 | W 64 60 |
| Simona Waltert | W 63 64 | W 75 26 64 |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich | L 36 26 | L 46 36 |
| Cristina Bucsa | W 64 63 | W 63 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sonay Kartal
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 12
Janice Tjen
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Himeno Sakatsume
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Emma Navarro
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Darja Vidmanova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Anna Bondar
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Tamara Korpatsch
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Maria Lourdes Carle
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 22
Anhelina Kalinina
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 12
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Xin Yu Wang
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 4th Round
Mar 11
Madison Keys
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 3rd Round
Mar 9
Emma Navarro
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 2nd Round
Mar 7
Lanlana Tararudee
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 23–65 matches
| Metric | Kalinina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 70% |
| Sets won | 63% | 66% |
| Games won | 55% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kalinina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kalinina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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