Annika Penickova vs Janae PrestonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Annika Penickova
#555 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇺🇸Janae Preston
#589 · 15 yrs
4Annika Penickova and Janae Preston have met 1 time since 2025; Annika Penickova leads 1–0. Across all meetings Penickova has taken 2 sets to Preston's 1. Their most recent meeting: Annika Penickova won at W15 Hilton Head Island 1 (2025).
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- W35 Las Vegas
- Level
- ITF W35
- Round
- Quarterfinals
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 9 · 1:43 PM ET
Book odds
Annika Penickova meets Janae Preston in the quarterfinals of W35 Las Vegas on hard court Friday. Penickova, ranked 555th, won their only previous meeting. Preston sits at 589th and has won four straight, playing seven matches in the last two weeks.
Preston's recent form is sharp. She has won 9 of her last 10 matches and holds a 78% win rate on hard courts. Penickova won 2 straight heading into this draw but has taken only 2 of her last 5, though she maintains a 65% hard court record.
Penickova plays a well-rounded game with reliable stroke production from both wings. Preston operates as a reactive player, building points through returns and counterattack rather than dictation. Penickova must sustain offensive pressure to avoid getting drawn into long rallies where Preston's court sense and returning game can shift momentum.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Penickova | Preston | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Annika Penickova | Janae Preston | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 62% | 13/21 | 81% | 22/27 |
| Wins a set when losing | 45% | 5/11 | 33% | 3/9 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 13/32 | 22% | 8/36 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 64% | 16/25 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 73% | 8/11 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 33% | 3/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 19/23 | 93% | 26/28 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 57% | 13/23 | 79% | 22/28 |
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 (Penickova 0, Preston 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Penickova
👑 The Complete Package
Preston
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,612 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Annika Penickova.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 25, 2025
W15 Hilton Head Island 1
C Clay · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Penickova | Preston | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Annika Penickova | Janae Preston | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 58% | 7/12 |
| 3 or more | 15% | 2/13 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Penickova | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–4 | 10–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.06 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | +33.3% | +7.5% |
| Units P/L | +3.99u | +0.98u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Penickova | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 11 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | TUR → BEL | USA → BEL |
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 3 shared opponents, both Penickova and Preston posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Penickova | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Carson Tanguilig | L 67 16 | L 67 36 |
| Welles Newman | L 61 26 46 | L 63 67 06 |
| Ciara Harding | W 63 36 62 | W 63 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Victoria Rodriguez
W35 Las Vegas · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Jordyn Hazelitt
W35 Las Vegas · 1st Round
Oct 6
Akasha Urhobo
W100 Templeton · 1st Round
Sep 29
Martyna Kubka
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Dana Guzman
W35 Southaven · Final
Aug 9
Anne Christine Lutkemeyer Obregon
W35 Southaven · Semifinals
Aug 8
Jia Jing Lu
W35 Southaven · Quarterfinals
Aug 7
Mayu Crossley
W35 Southaven · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Hanna Chang
W35 Las Vegas · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Ana Grubor
W35 Las Vegas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Jenna Defalco
W35 Las Vegas · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Isabella Kruger
W35 Las Vegas · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Kayla Day
W50 Berkeley · Final
Sep 27
Lucciana Perez Alarcon
W50 Berkeley · Semifinals
Sep 26
Hanna Chang
W50 Berkeley · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Connie Ma
W50 Berkeley · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 32–36 matches
| Metric | Penickova | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 75% |
| Sets won | 61% | 71% |
| Games won | 55% | 59% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Penickova | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Penickova | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |