Belinda Bencic vs Svetlana KuznetsovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇭Belinda Bencic
#12 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 6–4
🇷🇺Svetlana Kuznetsova
Unranked · 40 yrs · Right-Handed
276wBelinda Bencic and Svetlana Kuznetsova have met 4 times since 2019; Belinda Bencic leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Madrid in 2019 on clay. On hard courts Bencic leads 2–1. Across all meetings Bencic has taken 6 sets to Kuznetsova's 4. Their most recent meeting: Belinda Bencic won at Australian Open - Melbourne (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bencic | Kuznetsova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Belinda Bencic | Svetlana Kuznetsova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 26/36 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 77% | 10/13 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 20/49 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 57% | 23/40 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 89% | 8/9 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 62% | 8/13 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 31/37 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 26/37 | — | |
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: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bencic 1, Kuznetsova 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bencic
👑 The Complete Package
Kuznetsova
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Feb 11, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 27, 2020
Qatar Total Open - Doha
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 12, 2020
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 8, 2019
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.34 | - |
| ROI % | -9.2% | - |
| Units P/L | -0.55u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ann Li
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Anastasia Zakharova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Yulia Putintseva
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Lois Boisson
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Alexandra Eala
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 10
Taylor Townsend
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Sloane Stephens
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 4th Round
Jul 5
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Anett Kontaveit
Eastbourne International - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 22
Victoria Azarenka
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 30
Alize Cornet
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 24
Daria Kasatkina
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg · Semifinals
Mar 20
Jaqueline Cristian
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg · Quarterfinals
Mar 19
Xin Yu Wang
St. Petersburg · Round of 16
Mar 18
Xi Yao Wang
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg · 2nd Round
Mar 17
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 49–49 matches
| Metric | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | - |
| Sets won | 69% | - |
| Games won | 57% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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