Ayla Aksu vs Sofia CostoulasPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Ayla Aksu
#156 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
5Title55 meetings · sets 5–7
🇧🇪Sofia Costoulas
#159 · 21 yrs
Ayla Aksu and Sofia Costoulas have met 5 times since 2025; Sofia Costoulas leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at W35 Heraklion 1 in 2025 on hard. On hard courts they are level 2–2. Across all meetings Aksu has taken 5 sets to Costoulas's 7. Their most recent meeting: Ayla Aksu won at Livesport Prague Open - Prague (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Aksu | Costoulas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayla Aksu | Sofia Costoulas | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 29/43 | 69% | 27/39 |
| Wins a set when losing | 31% | 8/26 | 37% | 11/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 22/69 | 33% | 23/69 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 57% | 21/37 | 47% | 22/47 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 14/27 | 58% | 11/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 12/16 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 35/38 | 81% | 34/42 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 29/38 | 64% | 27/42 |
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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Aksu 1, Costoulas 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Aksu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Costoulas
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sofia Costoulas.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jul 20, 2026
Livesport Prague Open - Prague
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 19, 2026
Livesport Prague Open - Prague
H Hard · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 28, 2026
Open 35 de Saint-Malo - Saint-Malo
C Clay · 1st Round
Nov 15, 2025
Billie Jean King Cup, PO, Group F
H Hard · Rubber 1
Aug 30, 2025
W35 Heraklion 1
H Hard · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Aksu | Costoulas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Ayla Aksu | Sofia Costoulas | ||
| 1 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 94% | 16/17 |
| 3 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 41% | 7/17 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 12% | 2/17 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/17 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Aksu | Costoulas |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 8–10 |
| Avg odds | 2.71 | 1.49 |
| ROI % | +32.5% | -42.0% |
| Units P/L | +5.20u | -7.56u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Aksu | Costoulas |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | 3 |
| Events | 4 | 3 |
| Matches | 9 | 4 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | GEO → EST → GER → ESP | SGP → CHN → 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
Aksu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Costoulas's 56%).
| Opponent | Aksu | Costoulas |
|---|---|---|
| Lucrezia Stefanini | W 75 26 62 | L 36 57 |
| Elena Pridankina | L 36 36 | L 26 36 |
| Irene Burillo | W 63 75 | W 76 63 |
| Viktoria Morvayova | W 63 63 | W 67 76 64 |
| Polona Hercog | L 36 57 | L 16 26 |
| Anouk Koevermans | W 61 76 | W 64 64 |
| Francesca Curmi | L 16 46 | W 62 63 |
| Julia Avdeeva | W 76 76 | W 61 64 |
| Kajsa Rinaldo Persson | W 63 64 | L 57 64 67 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Lucrezia Stefanini
Samsun Open - Samsun · Final
Oct 11
Himeno Sakatsume
Samsun Open - Samsun · Semifinals
Oct 10
Fiona Crawley
Samsun Open - Samsun · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Alicia Dudeney
Samsun Open - Samsun · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Emiliana Arango
Samsun Open - Samsun · 1st Round
Oct 6
Elena Pridankina
Adana Open - Adana · 1st Round
Sep 29
Han Shi
Ankara Open - Ankara · 2nd Round
Sep 23
Yuki Naito
Ankara Open - Ankara · 1st Round
Sep 21
Darya Astakhova
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 5
Sofya Lansere
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Kristina Mladenovic
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round
Sep 29
Tatiana Prozorova
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Hina Inoue
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 8
Zhuoxuan Bai
W75 Tianjin · Quarterfinals
Sep 4
Kristiana Sidorova
W75 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Unknown Player
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 2
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 69–70 matches
| Metric | Aksu | Costoulas |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 57% |
| Sets won | 59% | 55% |
| Games won | 53% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Aksu | Costoulas |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Aksu | Costoulas |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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