Anna Blinkova vs Varvara GrachevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anna Blinkova
#73 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 5–8
🇫🇷Varvara Gracheva
#172 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
30wAnna Blinkova and Varvara Gracheva have met 5 times since 2019; Varvara Gracheva leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at Washington in 2019 on hard. On hard courts Gracheva leads 4–1. Gracheva has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Blinkova has taken 5 sets to Gracheva's 8. Their most recent meeting: Varvara Gracheva won at ATX Open - Austin (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Blinkova | Gracheva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anna Blinkova | Varvara Gracheva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 28/37 | 40% | 4/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 12/31 | 22% | 2/9 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 21/68 | 42% | 8/19 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 66% | 23/35 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 58% | 19/33 | 54% | 7/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 69% | 11/16 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 81% | 30/37 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 28/37 | 44% | 4/9 |
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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Blinkova 1, Gracheva 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Blinkova
🪃 Counterpuncher
Gracheva
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Varvara Gracheva.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Mar 1, 2023
ATX Open - Austin
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 7, 2023
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 21, 2022
Hana Bank Korea Open - Seoul
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 8, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 31, 2019
Washington
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Blinkova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 16–9 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | - |
| ROI % | -2.7% | - |
| Units P/L | -0.67u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Blinkova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 11 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | BRA → GER → ESP | — |
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
Gracheva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Blinkova's 33%).
| Opponent | Blinkova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Sramkova | L 36 36 | W 75 16 64 |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich | L 63 26 26 | W 64 60 |
| Lilli Tagger | W 63 63 | L 26 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Lucrezia Stefanini
Samsun Open - Samsun · Semifinals
Oct 10
Bianca Andreescu
Samsun Open - Samsun · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Chris Werner
Samsun Open - Samsun · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Elena Pridankina
Samsun Open - Samsun · 1st Round
Oct 7
Lois Boisson
Adana Open - Adana · Quarterfinals
Oct 1
Viktoria Hruncakova
Adana Open - Adana · 2nd Round
Sep 30
Emiliana Arango
Adana Open - Adana · 1st Round
Sep 28
Kaitlin Quevedo
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Semifinals
Sep 19
Magda Linette
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 17
Lilli Tagger
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Jessica Pegula
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 2nd Round
Feb 17
Rebecca Sramkova
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round
Feb 16
Magdalena Frech
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 3rd Round Qualifying
Feb 14
Priscilla Hon
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 13
Maria Sakkari
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 3rd Round
Feb 11
Linda Noskova
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 2nd Round
Feb 10
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 19–68 matches
| Metric | Blinkova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 53% |
| Sets won | 55% | 48% |
| Games won | 51% | 48% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Blinkova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Blinkova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 4 |
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