Jeetesh Kumari vs Zeel DesaiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇮🇳Jeetesh Kumari
Unranked · 20 yrs
7w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇮🇳Zeel Desai
#545 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Jeetesh Kumari and Zeel Desai have met 1 time since 2026; Zeel Desai leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kumari has taken 0 sets to Desai's 2. Their most recent meeting: Zeel Desai won at W35 Tumkur (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kumari | Desai | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jeetesh Kumari | Zeel Desai | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 100% | 1/1 | 79% | 31/39 |
| Wins a set when losing | 11% | 1/9 | 21% | 4/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 10% | 1/10 | 21% | 12/58 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 61% | 23/38 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 14% | 1/7 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 40% | 4/10 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 50% | 1/2 | 94% | 34/36 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 1/2 | 86% | 31/36 |
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 (Kumari 0, Desai 1).
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 6, 2026
W35 Tumkur
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kumari | Desai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 6–8 |
| Avg odds | 6.36 | 2.06 |
| ROI % | -35.3% | -46.8% |
| Units P/L | -1.06u | -6.55u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kumari | Desai |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | TUR → 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
Isabella Kruger
W15 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Wilva Chan
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 15
Wilva Chan
Hillcrest 3 ITF
Jul 13
Christine Joseph
Hillcrest 2 ITF
Jul 6
Shelly Krolitzky
Hillcrest ITF
Jun 28
Zeel Desai
W35 Tumkur · 1st Round
May 6
Saumya Ronde
W15 Ch. Sambhaji Nagar 1 · 1st Round
Mar 31
Anjali Rathi
W35 New Delhi · Round of 32
Dec 17
Haruna Arakawa
W15 Astana · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Leonie Rabl
W15 Astana · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Maria Mikhailova
W15 Astana · 1st Round
Aug 11
Anna Pushkareva
W15 Astana · 2nd Round
Aug 7
Yuka Hosoki
W15 Astana · 1st Round
Aug 5
Edda Mamedova
W15 Astana · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Soo Ha Jang
W15 Astana · 1st Round
Jul 29
Kamonwan Yodpetch
W15 Astana · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 10–58 matches
| Metric | Kumari | Desai |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 10% | 66% |
| Sets won | 14% | 64% |
| Games won | 31% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kumari | Desai |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kumari | Desai |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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