Eva Maria Ionescu vs Maria KononovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Eva Maria Ionescu
Unranked · 19 yrs · Left-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇺Maria Kononova
Unranked · 29 yrs
Eva Maria Ionescu and Maria Kononova have met 1 time since 2026; Eva Maria Ionescu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Ionescu has taken 2 sets to Kononova's 0. Their most recent meeting: Eva Maria Ionescu won at W50 Lexington (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Maria Ionescu | Kononova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Eva Maria Ionescu | Maria Kononova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 86% | 6/7 | 64% | 7/11 |
| Wins a set when losing | 45% | 5/11 | 33% | 5/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 6/18 | 35% | 9/26 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 2/4 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 3/5 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 1/3 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 60% | 6/10 | 91% | 10/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 60% | 6/10 | 64% | 7/11 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Maria Ionescu 1, Kononova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ionescu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Kononova
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Maria Kononova.
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
Oct 5, 2026
W50 Lexington
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ionescu | Kononova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.99 | 2.22 |
| ROI % | -52.3% | -26.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.57u | -1.56u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ionescu | Kononova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | MNE → UKR | 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
Alexis Nguyen
W50 Lexington · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Maria Kononova
W50 Lexington · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Francesca Mattioli
W15 Nashville · 1st Round
Sep 30
Theadora Rabman
Dallas 2 ITF
Jul 13
Elena Pridankina
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 12
Ariana Arseneault
Rome ITF · Round of 16
Jun 25
Chiara Fornasieri
W15 Galati · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Alexandra Irina Anghel
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 24
Eva Maria Ionescu
W50 Lexington · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Unknown Player
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Unknown Player
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Unknown Player
W75 Lexington · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 28
Aisha Merchant
W75 Lexington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 27
Kate Fakih
W35 Santa Fe · 1st Round
Jul 22
Anna Grigoreva
W35 Santa Fe · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 21
Christasha Mcneil
W35 Dallas · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–26 matches
| Metric | Ionescu | Kononova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 39% | 42% |
| Sets won | 45% | 44% |
| Games won | 48% | 48% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ionescu | Kononova |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W50 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ionescu | Kononova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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