Aryna Sabalenka vs Kaia KanepiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇾Aryna Sabalenka
#1 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 4–5
🇪🇪Kaia Kanepi
Unranked · 41 yrs · Right-Handed
143wAryna Sabalenka and Kaia Kanepi have met 3 times since 2021; Kaia Kanepi leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Gippsland Trophy - Melbourne in 2021 on hard. On hard courts Kanepi leads 2–1. Across all meetings Sabalenka has taken 4 sets to Kanepi's 5. Their most recent meeting: Aryna Sabalenka won at U.S. Open - New York (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sabalenka | Kanepi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Aryna Sabalenka | Kaia Kanepi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 84% | 42/50 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 70% | 7/10 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 15/60 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 69% | 41/59 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | — | ||
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 12/19 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 45/49 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 42/49 | — | |
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: 0 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sabalenka 0, Kanepi 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sabalenka
💥 Big Hitter
Kanepi
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Sep 1, 2022
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jan 24, 2022
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 4th Round
Feb 2, 2021
Gippsland Trophy - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sabalenka | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.16 | - |
| ROI % | -23.4% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.75u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sabalenka | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 5 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sara Bejlek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Xinyu Wang
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 19
Talia Gibson
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Ekaterina Alexandrova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Moyuka Uchijima
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Naomi Osaka
Wimbledon - London · 4th Round
Jul 5
Jelena Ostapenko
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Chloe Paquet
Open Angers Arena Loire - Angers · 1st Round
Dec 5
Dalma Galfi
Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole - Rouen · 1st Round
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 31
Barbora Strycova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Rebecca Peterson
Chicago Open - Chicago · 2nd Round
Aug 23
Margarita Betova
Chicago Open - Chicago · 1st Round
Aug 21
Alize Cornet
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 2nd Round
Aug 3
Lucrezia Stefanini
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 1
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 60–60 matches
| Metric | Sabalenka | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 83% | - |
| Sets won | 79% | - |
| Games won | 59% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sabalenka | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sabalenka | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
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