Francisca Jorge vs Zhibek KulambayevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Lisboa Belem Open - Lisbon
- Level
- WTA 125
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Clay
- Date & time
- October 13 · 5:00 AM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
At 2.38 or longer, Zhibek Kulambayeva has won 3 of 15 (20%). The price implied 30%, so Zhibek Kulambayeva has fallen 10 points short of it.
At 1.53 or shorter, Francisca Jorge has won 22 of 30 (73%). The price implied 68%, so Francisca Jorge has beaten it by 5 points.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Zhibek Kulambayeva meets Francisca Jorge in the 1st Round of the Lisboa Belem Open on October 13, 2026. Kulambayeva holds a ranking of 475, while Jorge sits at 209. The pair have never faced each other, and the match will be played on clay.
Kulambayeva has won 12 of 21 matches on clay, a 60% rate. Jorge's recent clay record stands at 7 wins in 20 matches, 35%. Jorge arrives with more court time, having played three matches in the last 14 days; Kulambayeva has not competed in the same period and comes in on a two-match losing streak. Over her last five outings, Kulambayeva won one; Jorge won two of five.
Both players operate as reactive competitors who excel at reading opponents and capitalizing on mistakes. Kulambayeva's clay form has been solid, but Jorge brings fresher match rhythm despite a softer clay record. The matchup will test which player can impose her rhythm first and force the other into error, given that neither typically dictates from the baseline.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Jorge | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Francisca Jorge | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 65% | 28/43 | 74% | 20/27 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 13/34 | 24% | 4/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 36% | 28/77 | 25% | 11/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 36% | 16/44 | 64% | 14/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 54% | 15/28 | 41% | 7/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 37/44 | 96% | 22/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 64% | 28/44 | 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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Jorge
🪃 Counterpuncher
Kulambayeva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Francisca Jorge 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
First career meeting
Jorge and Kulambayeva have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Jorge | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Francisca Jorge | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| 1 or more | 74% | 14/19 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 3 or more | 26% | 5/19 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Jorge | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–9 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.90 | 2.36 |
| ROI % | -12.8% | -48.5% |
| Units P/L | -2.43u | -4.85u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Jorge | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | 2 |
| Events | 4 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | GEO → EGY → ECU → SUI | GEO → SUI |
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
Jorge has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Kulambayeva's 40%).
| Opponent | Jorge | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Mia Ristic | L 16 36 | L 46 26 |
| Yufei Ren | L 46 46 | L 16 36 |
| Zongyu Li | W 61 64 | W 46 63 60 |
| Andrea Lazaro Garcia | W 64 64 | L 36 57 |
| Lisa Zaar | W 64 63 | W 76 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–77 matches
| Metric | Jorge | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 61% |
| Sets won | 54% | 59% |
| Games won | 52% | 55% |