Claire Liu vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Claire Liu
#96 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 2–6
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Claire Liu and Yulia Putintseva have met 4 times since 2023; Yulia Putintseva leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Hobart International - Hobart in 2023 on hard. On clay courts Putintseva leads 2–1. Across all meetings Liu has taken 2 sets to Putintseva's 6. Their most recent meeting: Yulia Putintseva won at UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Liu | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Claire Liu | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 23/38 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 41% | 9/22 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 24/60 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 19/41 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 12/18 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 38% | 6/16 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 27/32 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 23/32 | 74% | 23/31 |
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: 4 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Liu 1, Putintseva 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Liu
💥 Big Hitter
Putintseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Claire Liu.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jul 14, 2026
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi
C Clay · 1st Round
Jul 19, 2023
Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest
C Clay · 2nd Round
Apr 25, 2023
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 1st Round
Jan 10, 2023
Hobart International - Hobart
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Liu | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Claire Liu | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 90% | 9/10 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 6/10 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–5 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.55 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | -12.7% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -1.52u | -0.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 1 |
| Events | 3 | 1 |
| Matches | 4 | 2 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | BRA → ROU → CZE | CZE |
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
Across 7 shared opponents, both Liu and Putintseva posted a 57% win rate.
| Opponent | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Elsa Jacquemot | W 61 61 | W 61 62 |
| Sinja Kraus | L 46 36 | W 62 63 |
| Zeynep Sonmez | W 75 63 | W 63 67 63 |
| Ella Seidel | L 67 36 | L 36 26 |
| Lulu Sun | W 61 60 | W 76 62 |
| Tereza Valentova | L 46 62 26 | L 36 26 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | W 64 06 60 | L 46 61 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Lanlana Tararudee
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Rebecca Sramkova
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 2nd Round
Oct 7
Elsa Jacquemot
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 5
Mary Stoiana
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 1st Round
Sep 16
Anna Blinkova
Kia Open - Barranquilla · Final
Sep 12
Leolia Jeanjean
Kia Open - Barranquilla · Semifinals
Sep 11
Kaitlin Quevedo
Kia Open - Barranquilla · Quarterfinals
Sep 10
Varvara Lepchenko
Kia Open - Barranquilla · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Ashlyn Krueger
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Belinda Bencic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Maya Joint
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Victoria Rodriguez
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–60 matches
| Metric | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 55% |
| Sets won | 59% | 56% |
| Games won | 54% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 2 |
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