Emily Appleton vs Polina KuharenkoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Emily Appleton
#440 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
3w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇧🇾Polina Kuharenko
#744 · 18 yrs
4wEmily Appleton and Polina Kuharenko have met 1 time since 2026; Emily Appleton leads 1–0. Across all meetings Appleton has taken 2 sets to Kuharenko's 0. Their most recent meeting: Emily Appleton won at W35 Hurghada (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Appleton | Kuharenko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Emily Appleton | Polina Kuharenko | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 22/30 | 79% | 19/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 21% | 5/24 | 35% | 7/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 24% | 13/54 | 27% | 12/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 18/30 | 58% | 11/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 43% | 10/23 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 4/10 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 24/26 | 95% | 21/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 85% | 22/26 | 86% | 19/22 |
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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Appleton 1, Kuharenko 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Appleton
💥 Big Hitter
Kuharenko
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Emily Appleton.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 16, 2026
W35 Hurghada
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Appleton | Kuharenko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Emily Appleton | Polina Kuharenko | ||
| 1 or more | 94% | 16/17 | 75% | 3/4 |
| 3 or more | 59% | 10/17 | 25% | 1/4 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 5/17 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/4 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Appleton | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–5 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.57 | 2.46 |
| ROI % | -0.8% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -0.12u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Appleton | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 5 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | BEL → KAZ | BEL |
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
Kateryna Lazarenko
W50 Yecla · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Cadence Brace
W50 Yecla · 1st Round
Sep 22
Katarina Kuzmova
W35 Hurghada · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Yuliya Hatouka
W35 Hurghada · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Polina Kuharenko
W35 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 16
Zuzanna Bednarz
W15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki · Semifinals
Sep 5
Margaux Komano
W15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki · Quarterfinals
Sep 4
Megan Heuser
W15 Grodzisk Mazowiecki · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Emily Appleton
W35 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 16
Yuliya Perapekhina
W15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 9
Kateryna Diatlova
W15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 2
Cherry Kim
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Yu Yang Jin
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Zijun Jiang
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Loes Ebeling Koning
W75 The Hague · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 5
Astrid Waernes Garcia
W35 Amstelveen · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–54 matches
| Metric | Appleton | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 55% |
| Sets won | 54% | 55% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Appleton | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Appleton | Kuharenko |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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