Arantxa Rus vs Tamara ZidansekPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#256 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
54 meetings · sets 5–5
🇸🇮Tamara Zidansek
#161 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
43Arantxa 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 | 61% | 17/28 | 46% | 13/28 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 12/30 | 32% | 6/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 23/58 | 45% | 21/47 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 38% | 8/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 63% | 15/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 41% | 7/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 72% | 21/29 | 87% | 20/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 17/29 | 57% | 13/23 |
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
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,750 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Arantxa Rus.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
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 | 83% | 15/18 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 22% | 4/18 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 5 or more | 6% | 1/18 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 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 | 10–8 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.16 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | +15.1% | +3.3% |
| Units P/L | +2.73u | +0.33u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 2 |
| Distance | — | 592 mi · 952 km |
| Route | SRB → UKR | POR → ROU |
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
Zidansek has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Rus's 33%).
| Opponent | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales | L 16 57 | W 75 63 |
| Teodora Kostovic | W 46 64 64 | L 36 06 |
| 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 |
| Ekaterine Gorgodze | L 67 63 46 | W 06 64 64 |
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
Ksenia Zaytseva
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Kimberly Birrell
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Tessa Johanna Brockmann
Montreux Nestle Open - Montreux · 1st Round
Sep 7
Maria Timofeeva
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Bianca Andreescu
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Laura Samson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Alevtina Ibragimova
Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo · 1st Round
Jul 21
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 47–59 matches
| Metric | Rus | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 60% |
| Sets won | 49% | 54% |
| Games won | 51% | 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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