Claire Liu vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Claire Liu
#111 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
7w4 meetings · sets 2–6
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#80 · 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 | 42% | 11/26 | 65% | 17/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 8/16 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 55% | 23/42 | 38% | 19/50 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 31% | 8/26 | 48% | 14/29 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 10/15 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 44% | 7/16 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 92% | 22/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 61% | 11/18 | 71% | 17/24 |
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
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,181 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
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 | 20% | 1/5 | 100% | 12/12 |
| 3 or more | 20% | 1/5 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/12 |
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 | 5–4 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.30 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | -3.7% | -34.0% |
| Units P/L | -0.33u | -4.42u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | — | CAN → POL |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Putintseva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Liu's 29%).
| Opponent | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Sinja Kraus | L 57 06 | W 62 63 |
| Zeynep Sonmez | W 75 63 | W 63 67 63 |
| Ella Seidel | L 67 36 | L 36 26 |
| Tereza Valentova | L 46 62 26 | L 36 26 |
| Kayla Cross | L 36 64 67 | W 63 75 |
| Lulu Sun | L 06 67 | W 76 62 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | W 64 06 60 | L 46 61 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yulia Putintseva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Sinja Kraus
Nordea Open - Bastad · 1st Round
Jul 7
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Zeynep Sonmez
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Hanne Vandewinkel
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elena Pridankina
Wimbledon
Jun 25
Kaitlin Quevedo
Wimbledon
Jun 24
Despina Papamichail
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Mona Barthel
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Mayar Sherif
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alina Charaeva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Claire Liu
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Chi Fan Liu
Iasi WTA · Round of 32
Jul 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 42–50 matches
| Metric | Liu | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 52% |
| Sets won | 56% | 52% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
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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