Arantxa Rus vs Tamara ZidansekPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#203 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
4 meetings · sets 5–5
🇸🇮Tamara Zidansek
#146 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Arantxa Rus and Tamara Zidansek have met 4 times since 2020; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Zidansek leads 2–1. Across all meetings Rus has taken 5 sets to Zidansek's 5. Their most recent meeting: Tamara Zidansek won at Billie Jean King Cup, PO, Group G (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rus | Zidansek | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Arantxa Rus | Tamara Zidansek | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 20/30 | 58% | 15/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 37% | 11/30 | 35% | 6/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 21/60 | 40% | 17/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 18/39 | 50% | 10/20 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 6/16 | 70% | 16/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 58% | 7/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 25/32 | 85% | 23/27 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 63% | 20/32 | 56% | 15/27 |
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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rus 1, Zidansek 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rus
🏹 Frontrunner
Zidansek
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 61% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 533 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Arantxa Rus.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Nov 14, 2025
Billie Jean King Cup, PO, Group G
H Hard · Rubber 1
Nov 15, 2024
Billie Jean King Cup, PO, SLO-NED 1-3
C Clay · Rubber 1
Jan 18, 2022
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Nov 10, 2020
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rus | Zidansek | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Arantxa Rus | Tamara Zidansek | ||
| 1 or more | 62% | 8/13 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 20% | 2/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.06 | 2.10 |
| ROI % | -37.5% | -11.3% |
| Units P/L | -4.87u | -1.36u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | GBR → ESP → ITA | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Zidansek has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Rus's 14%).
| Opponent | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Elina Avanesyan | L 26 16 | L 57 64 36 |
| Petra Marcinko | L 67 01 | W 63 75 |
| Federica Urgesi | W 46 62 61 | W 75 60 |
| Nuria Brancaccio | L 46 46 | L 26 26 |
| Maja Chwalinska | L 46 06 | W 63 61 |
| Lola Radivojevic | L 26 67 | L 64 57 26 |
| Oleksandra Oliynykova | L 26 26 | L 26 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Britt Du Pree
W35 Vigo · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Anna Kubareva
W35 Vigo · 1st Round
Aug 12
Oceane Dodin
W75 Ourense · 1st Round
Aug 4
Dominika Salkova
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Isabella Maria Serban
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Marina Bassols Ribera
Generali Open Ladies - Kitzbuhel · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Alevtina Ibragimova
Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo · 1st Round
Jul 21
Paula Badosa
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Semifinals
Jul 18
Petra Marcinko
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Anna Bondar
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Emiliana Arango
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Teodora Kostovic
W100 Aschaffenburg · Quarterfinals
Jul 10
Teodora Kostovic
Aschaffenburg ITF · Quarterfinals
Jul 10
Nastasja Schunk
W100 Aschaffenburg · 1st Round
Jul 7
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 43–60 matches
| Metric | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 60% |
| Sets won | 50% | 56% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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