Elizara Yaneva vs Zhibek KulambayevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇬Elizara Yaneva
#146 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇰🇿Zhibek Kulambayeva
#475 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
5wElizara Yaneva and Zhibek Kulambayeva have met 1 time since 2026; Elizara Yaneva leads 1–0. Across all meetings Yaneva has taken 2 sets to Kulambayeva's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elizara Yaneva won at ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Yaneva | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elizara Yaneva | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 65% | 33/51 | 74% | 20/27 |
| Wins a set when losing | 54% | 13/24 | 24% | 4/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 31/75 | 25% | 11/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 26/57 | 64% | 14/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 10/14 | 41% | 7/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 9/18 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 39/49 | 96% | 22/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 33/49 | 87% | 20/23 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Yaneva 0, Kulambayeva 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Yaneva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Kulambayeva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Elizara Yaneva and Zhibek Kulambayeva are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 15,398 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 9, 2026
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Yaneva | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elizara Yaneva | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| 1 or more | 62% | 13/21 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 3/21 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/21 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Yaneva | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–6 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.40 | 2.36 |
| ROI % | -1.3% | -48.5% |
| Units P/L | -0.28u | -4.85u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Yaneva | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 11 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ITA → ESP → AUT | — |
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
Kulambayeva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Yaneva's 33%).
| Opponent | Yaneva | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Irene Burillo | L 26 61 46 | W 64 61 |
| Georgia Pedone | W 63 63 | L 16 36 |
| Lisa Zaar | L 76 26 36 | W 76 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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Oct 8
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W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W50 Plovdiv · Final
Sep 27
Caijsa Wilda Hennemann
W50 Plovdiv · Semifinals
Sep 26
Lidia Encheva
W50 Plovdiv · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Laura Mair
W50 Plovdiv · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Margaux Maquet
W50 Plovdiv · 1st Round
Sep 23
Loes Ebeling Koning
W50 Pazardzhik · Final
Sep 19
Malaika Rapolu
Ladies Open - Caldas da Rainha · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Elizara Yaneva
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Radka Zelnickova
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya · 1st Round
Sep 7
Georgia Pedone
W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ksenia Zaytseva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 17
Mariya Yemshanova
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Mia Ristic
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Zongyu Li
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–75 matches
| Metric | Yaneva | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 61% |
| Sets won | 64% | 59% |
| Games won | 57% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Yaneva | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Yaneva | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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