Cherry Kim vs Polina KuharenkoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Cherry Kim and Polina Kuharenko have met 1 time since 2026; Cherry Kim leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kim has taken 2 sets to Kuharenko's 0. Their most recent meeting: Cherry Kim won at W15 Tianjin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kim | Kuharenko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cherry Kim | Polina Kuharenko | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 85% | 11/13 | 79% | 19/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 23% | 3/13 | 35% | 7/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 19% | 5/26 | 27% | 12/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | 58% | 11/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 4/8 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 11/13 | 95% | 21/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 85% | 11/13 | 86% | 19/22 |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kim 1, Kuharenko 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kim
⚔️ The Gladiator
Kuharenko
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 7,862 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 25, 2026
W15 Tianjin
H Hard · 3rd Round Qualifying
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kim | Kuharenko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cherry Kim | Polina Kuharenko | ||
| 1 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 75% | 3/4 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 25% | 1/4 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/4 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kim | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 3.68 | 2.46 |
| ROI % | +20.5% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.41u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kim | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | BEL |
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
Sunam Jeong
W15 Yeongwol · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Ekaterina Tupitsyna
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Polina Kuharenko
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Yuka Matsumoto
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Yajing Cao
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Patsy Daughters
Claremont ITF
Jun 22
Tori Kinard
W15 Sapporo · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 16
Hwiwon Wi
W15 Sapporo · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Emily Appleton
W35 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 16
Yuliya Perapekhina
W15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 9
Kateryna Diatlova
W15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 2
Cherry Kim
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Yu Yang Jin
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Zijun Jiang
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Loes Ebeling Koning
W75 The Hague · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 5
Astrid Waernes Garcia
W35 Amstelveen · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–44 matches
| Metric | Kim | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 55% |
| Sets won | 51% | 55% |
| Games won | 49% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kim | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kim | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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