Carla Markus vs Monika EkstrandPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇷Carla Markus
#516 · 20 yrs
7w1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇺🇸Monika Ekstrand
#841 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
4wCarla Markus and Monika Ekstrand have met 1 time since 2026; Carla Markus leads 1–0. Across all meetings Markus has taken 2 sets to Ekstrand's 1. Their most recent meeting: Carla Markus won at W35 Boca Raton (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Markus | Ekstrand | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Carla Markus | Monika Ekstrand | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 18/25 | 91% | 10/11 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 6/21 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 13/46 | 22% | 5/23 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 64% | 14/22 | 47% | 8/17 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 11/21 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 60% | 6/10 | 100% | 6/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 18/22 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 82% | 18/22 | 71% | 10/14 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Markus 0, Ekstrand 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Markus
⚔️ The Gladiator
Ekstrand
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,688 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Monika Ekstrand.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 5, 2026
W35 Boca Raton
C Clay · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Markus | Ekstrand |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–2 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 3.90 | 1.65 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -16.9% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -2.70u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Markus | Ekstrand |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | NED |
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
Tena Lukas
W50 Darmstadt · 1st Round
Jul 14
Lian Tran
W35 Amstelveen · 1st Round
Jun 30
Dasha Ivanova
W35 Boca Raton · 2nd Round
May 7
Monika Ekstrand
W35 Boca Raton · 1st Round
May 5
Julia Riera
W35 Boca Raton · 2nd Round
Apr 30
Sarah Ye
W35 Boca Raton · 1st Round
Apr 29
Yael Saffar
W15 Orlando · 1st Round
Apr 22
Emery Combs
W15 Orlando · 2nd Round
Apr 16
Brooke Black
W35 Roehampton · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Katarina Kuzmova
W35 Roehampton · 1st Round
Aug 4
Hannah Klugman
W35 Aldershot · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Alice Gillan
W35 Aldershot · 1st Round
Jul 28
Jia Jing Lu
W50 Columbus · 1st Round
Jul 8
Jiaxi Lu
Columbus ITF · Round of 32
Jul 8
Ariana Arseneault
W35 Rome · 1st Round
Jun 24
Kaitlyn Carnicella
Irvine ITF · Semifinals
Jun 20
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 23–46 matches
| Metric | Markus | Ekstrand |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 48% |
| Sets won | 53% | 51% |
| Games won | 52% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Markus | Ekstrand |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Markus | Ekstrand |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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