Elina Svitolina vs Sonay KartalPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇦Elina Svitolina
#6 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇬🇧Sonay Kartal
#170 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
Elina Svitolina and Sonay Kartal have met 2 times since 2025; Elina Svitolina leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid in 2025 on clay. Svitolina has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Svitolina has taken 4 sets to Kartal's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elina Svitolina won at ASB Classic - Auckland (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Svitolina | Kartal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elina Svitolina | Sonay Kartal | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 62% | 28/45 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 4/14 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 36% | 21/59 | 30% | 7/23 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 25/46 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 75% | 9/12 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 65% | 11/17 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 35/35 | 100% | 15/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 28/35 | 80% | 12/15 |
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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Svitolina 1, Kartal 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Svitolina
👑 The Complete Package
Kartal
💥 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
2 career meetings, newest first
Jan 9, 2026
ASB Classic - Auckland
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Apr 25, 2025
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Svitolina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–4 | 3–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.43 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | -6.7% | +16.5% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | +0.66u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Svitolina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 4 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 654 mi · 1,053 km |
| Route | ROU | ROU → 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
Svitolina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Kartal's 50%).
| Opponent | Svitolina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Xin Yu Wang | W 63 76 | W 63 62 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 36 62 36 | L 67 16 |
| Elena Rybakina | W 26 64 64 | L |
| Cristina Bucsa | W 64 61 | W 63 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Qinwen Zheng
China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Ann Li
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Maria Sakkari
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Katerina Siniakova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Anna Kalinskaya
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Maya Joint
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Solana Sierra
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Tereza Valentova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Anhelina Kalinina
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 12
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Xin Yu Wang
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 4th Round
Mar 11
Madison Keys
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 3rd Round
Mar 9
Emma Navarro
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 2nd Round
Mar 7
Lanlana Tararudee
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 23–59 matches
| Metric | Svitolina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 76% | 70% |
| Sets won | 68% | 66% |
| Games won | 57% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Svitolina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Svitolina | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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