Aryna Sabalenka vs Vera ZvonarevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇾Aryna Sabalenka
#2 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–0
🇷🇺Vera Zvonareva
#286 · 41 yrs · Right-Handed
13wAryna Sabalenka and Vera Zvonareva have met 3 times since 2018; Aryna Sabalenka leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at US Open in 2018 on hard. Sabalenka has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Sabalenka has taken 6 sets to Zvonareva's 0. Their most recent meeting: Aryna Sabalenka won at bett1open - Berlin (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sabalenka | Zvonareva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Aryna Sabalenka | Vera Zvonareva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 86% | 44/51 | 73% | 11/15 |
| Wins a set when losing | 64% | 7/11 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 14/62 | 28% | 7/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 70% | 42/60 | 44% | 4/9 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 63% | 10/16 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 68% | 13/19 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 48/51 | 88% | 14/16 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 44/51 | 69% | 11/16 |
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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sabalenka 3, Zvonareva 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sabalenka
💥 Big Hitter
Zvonareva
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 404 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Aryna Sabalenka.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jun 20, 2023
bett1open - Berlin
G Grass · 1st Round
Apr 30, 2021
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 1st Round
Aug 29, 2018
US Open
H Hard · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–4 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.17 | 2.89 |
| ROI % | -18.6% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.61u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | 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
Sabalenka has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zvonareva's 50%).
| Opponent | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Renata Zarazua | W 61 63 | L 36 46 |
| Polina Iatcenko | W 61 61 | W 63 75 |
| Xinyu Wang | W 61 63 | W 63 64 |
| Shuai Zhang | W 63 64 | W 63 63 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 75 63 | L 46 63 46 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 76 64 | L 46 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Nikola Bartunkova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Renata Zarazua
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · Final
Sep 12
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals
Sep 10
Linda Noskova
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 8
Taylor Townsend
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 6
Kamilla Rakhimova
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Polina Iatcenko
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Lanlana Tararudee
Enka Open - Istanbul · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Viktoria Hruncakova
Enka Open - Istanbul · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Polina Iatcenko
Enka Open - Istanbul · 1st Round
Jul 14
Susan Bandecchi
Ladies Open - Figueira da Foz · 1st Round
Jun 15
Petra Marcinko
Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem - Rabat · 1st Round
May 18
Anastasia Zolotareva
Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem - Rabat · 3rd Round Qualifying
May 17
Diletta Cherubini
Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem - Rabat · 1st Round Qualifying
May 16
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Stuttgart · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 12
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 25–62 matches
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 82% | 60% |
| Sets won | 79% | 58% |
| Games won | 59% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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