Arantxa Rus vs Viktorija GolubicPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#203 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
4 meetings · sets 5–6
🇨🇭Viktorija Golubic
#55 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
3Arantxa Rus and Viktorija Golubic have met 4 times since 2019; Viktorija Golubic leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Lugano in 2019 on clay. On hard courts Golubic leads 2–1. Golubic has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Rus has taken 5 sets to Golubic's 6. Their most recent meeting: Viktorija Golubic won at Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rus | Golubic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Arantxa Rus | Viktorija Golubic | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 20/30 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 37% | 11/30 | 48% | 11/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 21/60 | 47% | 27/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 18/39 | 50% | 13/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 6/16 | 65% | 20/31 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 29% | 4/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 25/32 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 63% | 20/32 | 58% | 18/31 |
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: 1 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rus 1, Golubic 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rus
🏹 Frontrunner
Golubic
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,501 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
Feb 4, 2025
Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca
H Hard · 1st Round
Nov 1, 2024
Jiangxi Open - Jiujiang
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Oct 19, 2021
Tenerife Ladies Open - Tenerife
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 10, 2019
Lugano
C Clay · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rus | Golubic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Arantxa Rus | Viktorija Golubic | ||
| 1 or more | 62% | 8/13 | 57% | 8/14 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 21% | 3/14 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–8 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.06 | 2.32 |
| ROI % | -37.5% | +5.6% |
| Units P/L | -4.87u | +0.89u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 5 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | GBR → ESP → ITA | CAN → POL |
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
Golubic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Rus's 50%).
| Opponent | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Elina Avanesyan | L 26 16 | W 61 67 64 |
| Federica Urgesi | W 46 62 61 | W 62 63 |
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
Janice Tjen
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Alycia Parks
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Iga Swiatek
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 6
Donna Vekic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Kimberly Birrell
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Katie Volynets
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 27
Jasmine Paolini
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Iryna Shymanovich
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 57–60 matches
| Metric | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 60% |
| Sets won | 50% | 56% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 3 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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