Jelena Ostapenko vs Mihaela BuzarnescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇱🇻Jelena Ostapenko
#34 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 6–3
🇷🇴Mihaela Buzarnescu
Unranked · 38 yrs · Left-Handed
65w3Jelena Ostapenko and Mihaela Buzarnescu have met 4 times since 2018; Jelena Ostapenko leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Doha in 2018 on hard. On grass courts Ostapenko leads 2–0. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Ostapenko has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Ostapenko has taken 6 sets to Buzarnescu's 3. Their most recent meeting: Jelena Ostapenko won at Eastbourne (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ostapenko | Buzarnescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jelena Ostapenko | Mihaela Buzarnescu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 17/24 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 56% | 10/18 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 17/42 | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 17/26 | — | |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ostapenko 2, Buzarnescu 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ostapenko
💥 Big Hitter
Buzarnescu
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 1,247 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 26, 2019
Eastbourne
G Grass · Round of 64
Feb 13, 2019
Doha
H Hard · Round of 32
Jun 28, 2018
Eastbourne
G Grass · Round of 16
Feb 14, 2018
Doha
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 | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Sorana Cirstea
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 15
Nao Hibino
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Jul 25
Viktoriya Tomova
Nordea Open - Bastad · Quarterfinals
Jul 7
Yue Yuan
Nordea Open - Bastad · 2nd Round
Jul 6
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Nordea Open - Bastad · 1st Round
Jul 5
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jun 30
Nastasja Schunk
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Madison Brengle
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 24
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 42–42 matches
| Metric | Ostapenko | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | - |
| Sets won | 57% | - |
| Games won | 53% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ostapenko | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 3 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ostapenko | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Grass | 2 | 0 |
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