Jelena Ostapenko vs Kirsten FlipkensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇱🇻Jelena Ostapenko
#34 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 4–3
🇧🇪Kirsten Flipkens
Unranked · 40 yrs · Right-Handed
18wJelena Ostapenko and Kirsten Flipkens have met 3 times since 2015; Jelena Ostapenko leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Istanbul in 2015 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Ostapenko has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Ostapenko has taken 4 sets to Flipkens's 3. Their most recent meeting: Jelena Ostapenko won at Miami Open - Miami (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ostapenko | Flipkens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jelena Ostapenko | Kirsten Flipkens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 17/24 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins a set when losing | 56% | 10/18 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 17/42 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 57% | 13/23 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 65% | 11/17 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 69% | 18/26 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 17/26 | 0% | 0/1 |
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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ostapenko 1, Flipkens 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ostapenko
💥 Big Hitter
Flipkens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Jelena Ostapenko and Kirsten Flipkens are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,594 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Mar 25, 2021
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jul 4, 2018
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 64
Jul 22, 2015
Istanbul
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ostapenko | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.89 | - |
| ROI % | -34.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -2.04u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ostapenko | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU | — |
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
Elise Mertens
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Paula Badosa
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Taylah Preston
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Anastasia Zakharova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Tatjana Maria
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Aryna Sabalenka
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Alena Kovackova
Bundesliga - women · -
Jun 7
Simona Halep
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jun 30
Jaimee Fourlis
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Viktoriya Tomova
Viking International - Eastbourne · 3rd Round
Jun 22
Elise Mertens
Viking International - Eastbourne · 2nd Round
Jun 21
Maryna Zanevska
Viking International - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 20
Shelby Rogers
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · Quarterfinals
Jun 10
Ann Li
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 2nd Round
Jun 9
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–42 matches
| Metric | Ostapenko | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 100% |
| Sets won | 57% | 67% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ostapenko | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ostapenko | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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