Jahnie Van Zyl vs Polina LeykinaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇿🇦Jahnie Van Zyl
Unranked · 17 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 1–2
🇷🇺Polina Leykina
#664 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
4Jahnie Van Zyl and Polina Leykina have met 1 time since 2026; Polina Leykina leads 1–0. Across all meetings Zyl has taken 1 sets to Leykina's 2. Their most recent meeting: Polina Leykina won at W15 Hillcrest (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Van Zyl | Leykina | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jahnie Van Zyl | Polina Leykina | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 56% | 5/9 | 89% | 17/19 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 3/8 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 7/17 | 17% | 5/30 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 25% | 2/8 | 83% | 10/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 2/6 | 53% | 9/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 6/7 | 95% | 18/19 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 5/7 | 89% | 17/19 |
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 (Van Zyl 0, Leykina 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zyl
⚔️ The Gladiator
Leykina
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 61% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,661 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Jahnie Van Zyl.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 2, 2026
W15 Hillcrest
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zyl | Leykina | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Jahnie Van Zyl | Polina Leykina | ||
| 1 or more | 70% | 7/10 | 24% | 4/17 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/17 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 16–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.54 | 2.43 |
| ROI % | -18.1% | +59.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.63u | +11.80u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 1 | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | EGY | SVK → TUN |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Leykina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zyl's 75%).
| Opponent | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Marilouise Van Zyl | L 46 46 | W 75 63 |
| Donna Le Roux | W 46 63 60 | W 63 63 |
| Jana Hossam Salah | W 36 63 61 | W 64 62 |
| Lauren Cheung | W 63 63 | W 61 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sevil Yuldasheva
W15 Wanfercee-Baulet · 1st Round
Aug 18
Marilouise Van Zyl
W15 Hillcrest · Semifinals
Jul 18
Donna Le Roux
W15 Hillcrest · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Jana Hossam Salah
W15 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Kei Yau Cheung
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 14
Lauren Cheung
Hillcrest 3 ITF · Round of 32
Jul 14
Jana Hossam Salah
W35 Hillcrest · Quarterfinals
Jul 10
Michika Ozeki
W35 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 9
Sofia Shapatava
W35 Krakow · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Sandra Samir
W35 Krakow · 1st Round
Aug 18
Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur
W35 Bydgoszcz · 1st Round
Aug 12
Valentina Khrebtova
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 15
Jana Hossam Salah
W35 Hillcrest · Final
Jul 12
Ksenia Smirnova
W35 Hillcrest · Semifinals
Jul 11
Jenny Duerst
W35 Hillcrest · Quarterfinals
Jul 10
Marilouise Van Zyl
W35 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 17–30 matches
| Metric | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 63% |
| Sets won | 51% | 63% |
| Games won | 51% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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