Elizabeth Ionescu vs Misa MalkinPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Elizabeth Ionescu
Unranked · 18 yrs · Right-Handed
13w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇺🇸Misa Malkin
Unranked
Elizabeth Ionescu and Misa Malkin have met 1 time since 2026; Elizabeth Ionescu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Ionescu has taken 2 sets to Malkin's 0. Their most recent meeting: Elizabeth Ionescu won at W35 Rome (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ionescu | Malkin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elizabeth Ionescu | Misa Malkin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 100% | 2/2 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins a set when losing | 75% | 3/4 | 8% | 1/13 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 50% | 3/6 | 19% | 5/27 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 2/4 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 36% | 5/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 40% | 2/5 | 100% | 11/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 40% | 2/5 | 91% | 10/11 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ionescu 1, Malkin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ionescu
⚙️ Grinder
Malkin
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 66% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,675 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Misa Malkin.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 24, 2026
W35 Rome
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ionescu | Malkin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 3–3 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.57 |
| ROI % | - | -29.5% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.77u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ionescu | Malkin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | MNE → UKR |
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
Theadora Rabman
W35 Dallas · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 13
Lexington Reed
W50 Columbus · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 6
Ariana Arseneault
W35 Rome · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Misa Malkin
W35 Rome · 1st Round
Jun 24
Alessandra Anghel
Galati ITF · Round of 32
Jun 24
Iulia Maria Buculei
Bucharest 4 ITF · Round of 32
Jun 17
Olivia Lincer
W100 Sumter · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Janice Tjen
W100 Landisville 1 · 1st Round
Aug 6
Astra Sharma
W50 Lexington · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Amaliia Elizarova
W50 Lexington · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Emma Kamper
W15 Nashville · 1st Round
Sep 30
Yumu Watanabe
W15 Huamantla · 1st Round
Jul 29
Mika Buchnik
W15 Huamantla · Semifinals
Jul 25
Gabriella Price
W15 Huamantla · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Natalia Varela Herrera
W15 Huamantla · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Montserrat Marron
W15 Huamantla · 1st Round
Jul 22
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–27 matches
| Metric | Ionescu | Malkin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 33% | 52% |
| Sets won | 47% | 49% |
| Games won | 50% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ionescu | Malkin |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ionescu | Malkin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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