Aryna Sabalenka vs Vera ZvonarevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇾Aryna Sabalenka
#1 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–0
🇷🇺Vera Zvonareva
#287 · 41 yrs · Right-Handed
6wAryna 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 | 84% | 42/50 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Wins a set when losing | 70% | 7/10 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 15/60 | 36% | 5/14 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 69% | 41/59 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 56% | 5/9 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 12/19 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 45/49 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 42/49 | 56% | 5/9 |
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 54% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 330 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 | 11–5 | 2–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.16 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | -23.4% | -13.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.75u | -0.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Sabalenka has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zvonareva's 67%).
| Opponent | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Xinyu Wang | W 61 63 | W 63 64 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 75 63 | W 26 62 63 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 76 64 | L 46 46 |
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
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
Katarina Kuzmova
W35 Monastir 3 · 2nd Round
Mar 12
Alana Smith
W35 Monastir 3 · 1st Round
Mar 11
Victoria Mboko
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 2nd Round
Feb 10
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–60 matches
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 83% | 64% |
| Sets won | 79% | 58% |
| Games won | 59% | 52% |
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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