Arantxa Rus vs Viktorija GolubicPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#256 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
54 meetings · sets 5–6
🇨🇭Viktorija Golubic
#72 · 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 | 61% | 17/28 | 48% | 16/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 12/30 | 44% | 12/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 23/58 | 48% | 29/60 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 43% | 12/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 56% | 18/32 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 25% | 4/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 72% | 21/29 | 84% | 27/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 17/29 | 50% | 16/32 |
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 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
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 | 79% | 15/19 | 36% | 4/11 |
| 3 or more | 21% | 4/19 | 9% | 1/11 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
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 | 10–9 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.19 | 3.00 |
| ROI % | +9.1% | -14.2% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -1.56u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 5 | 4 |
| Distance | — | 654 mi · 1,053 km |
| Route | ESP → SRB → UKR | ROU → CZE |
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
Golubic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Rus's 60%).
| Opponent | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Whitney Osuigwe | W | W 26 62 62 |
| Elvina Kalieva | L 60 46 16 | W 63 61 |
| Teodora Kostovic | W 46 64 64 | W 75 16 62 |
| 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
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
Daria Kasatkina
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Linda Noskova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Peyton Stearns
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Elvina Kalieva
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Diane Parry
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 59–60 matches
| Metric | Rus | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 55% |
| Sets won | 49% | 52% |
| Games won | 51% | 52% |
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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