Irina Balus vs Laura BrunkelPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇸🇰Irina Balus
#493 · 20 yrs
4w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇩🇰Laura Brunkel
Unranked · 20 yrs · Right-Handed
7wIrina Balus and Laura Brunkel have met 1 time since 2025; Irina Balus leads 1–0. Across all meetings Balus has taken 2 sets to Brunkel's 0. Their most recent meeting: Irina Balus won at W15 Lincoln 1 (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Balus | Brunkel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Balus | Laura Brunkel | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 79% | 19/24 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 3/11 | 0% | 0/6 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 8/35 | 11% | 1/9 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 18/24 | 0% | 0/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 5/9 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 2/5 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 23/24 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 19/24 | 67% | 2/3 |
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 (Balus 1, Brunkel 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Balus
⚔️ The Gladiator
Brunkel
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 68% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,320 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Irina Balus.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Nov 6, 2025
W15 Lincoln 1
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Balus | Brunkel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Irina Balus | Laura Brunkel | ||
| 1 or more | 53% | 8/15 | 33% | 1/3 |
| 3 or more | 13% | 2/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Balus | Brunkel |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–5 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.79 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | -4.2% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -0.67u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Balus | Brunkel |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | KAZ | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Jule Niemeier
W50 Knokke-Heist · Final
Aug 2
Jenny Lim
W50 Knokke-Heist · Semifinals
Aug 1
Martha Matoula
W50 Knokke-Heist · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Tilwith Di Girolami
W50 Knokke-Heist · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Julia Adams
W50 Knokke-Heist · 1st Round
Jul 28
Angela Fita Boluda
W100 Amstetten · 1st Round
Jul 21
Anna Siskova
W75 Olomouc · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Eva Marie Voracek
W75 Olomouc · 1st Round
Jul 15
Mia Horvit
W15 Krsko · 1st Round
Jul 15
Vanesa Mrazova
Krsko ITF
Jul 13
Anna Mihalka
Mogyorod ITF
Jun 29
Chiara Fornasieri
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 24
Ilinca Sagmar
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round
Jun 17
Ilinca Sagmar
Bucharest 4 ITF · Round of 32
Jun 17
Andreea Diana Soare
Bucharest 4 ITF
Jun 16
Irina Balus
W15 Lincoln 1 · 2nd Round
Nov 6
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 9–35 matches
| Metric | Balus | Brunkel |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 69% | 33% |
| Sets won | 65% | 32% |
| Games won | 57% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Balus | Brunkel |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Balus | Brunkel |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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