Arantxa Rus vs Elitsa KostovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#256 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
51 meeting · sets 2–0
🇧🇬Elitsa Kostova
Unranked · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
272wArantxa Rus and Elitsa Kostova have met 1 time since 2021; Arantxa Rus leads 1–0. Across all meetings Rus has taken 2 sets to Kostova's 0. Their most recent meeting: Arantxa Rus won at Belgrade - Belgrade (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rus | Kostova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Arantxa Rus | Elitsa Kostova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 17/27 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 12/30 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 39% | 22/57 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 45% | 14/31 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 72% | 21/29 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 17/29 | — | |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rus 1, Kostova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rus
🏹 Frontrunner
Kostova
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 66% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 215 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Arantxa Rus.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 27, 2021
Belgrade - Belgrade
C Clay · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rus | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–8 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.16 | - |
| ROI % | +15.1% | - |
| Units P/L | +2.73u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | SRB → 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
Unknown Player
W50 Lexington · Semifinals
Oct 10
Whitney Osuigwe
W50 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Malaika Rapolu
W50 Lexington · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Ena Koike
W50 Lexington · 1st Round
Oct 6
Mia Ristic
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · 1st Round
Sep 21
Samira De Stefano
Zavarovalnica Triglav - Ljubljana · 1st Round
Sep 14
Leolia Jeanjean
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Susan Bandecchi
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Arantxa Rus
Belgrade - Belgrade · 1st Round
Jul 27
Martina Di Giuseppe
Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 31
Varvara Lepchenko
Bogota · Round of 32
Apr 10
Marketa Vondrousova
Gstaad · Round of 16
Jul 19
Anna Kalinskaya
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 18
Dalila Jakupovic
Bogota · Round of 16
Apr 12
Nao Hibino
Bogota · Round of 32
Apr 11
Caroline Garcia
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 19
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 58–58 matches
| Metric | Rus | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | - |
| Sets won | 48% | - |
| Games won | 51% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rus | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rus | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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