Kevin Anderson vs Pablo Carreno BustaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Kevin Anderson and Pablo Carreno Busta have met 5 times since 2017; Kevin Anderson leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at ATP Masters 1000 Canada in 2017 on hard. On hard courts Anderson leads 4–1. Across all meetings Anderson has taken 10 sets to Busta's 4. Their most recent meeting: Kevin Anderson won at Erste Bank Open - Vienna (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Anderson | Carreno Busta | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kevin Anderson | Pablo Carreno Busta | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 53% | 18/34 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 44% | 8/18 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 46% | 24/52 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 48% | 14/29 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 59% | 13/22 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 67% | 10/15 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 89% | 24/27 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 67% | 18/27 | |
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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Anderson 2, Carreno Busta 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Anderson
🤖 Servebot
Busta
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 54% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 1,115 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Kevin Anderson.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Oct 28, 2020
Erste Bank Open - Vienna
H Hard · 2nd Round
Mar 28, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Miami
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Mar 13, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 16
Sep 8, 2017
US Open
H Hard · Semifinals
Aug 9, 2017
ATP Masters 1000 Canada
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 | Anderson | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 6–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.47 |
| ROI % | - | -9.8% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.18u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Anderson | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| Distance | — | 663 mi · 1,067 km |
| Route | — | CHN |
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
Tomas Machac
US Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Oleksii Krutykh
US Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 22
Jordan Thompson
Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round
Aug 2
Ugo Humbert
Infosys Hall of Fame Open - Newport · Quarterfinals
Jul 20
Gijs Brouwer
Infosys Hall of Fame Open - Newport · 2nd Round
Jul 19
Gabriel Diallo
Infosys Hall of Fame Open - Newport · 1st Round
Jul 18
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Miami Open - Miami · 2nd Round
Mar 25
Mitchell Krueger
ATP Masters 1000 Miami · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 22
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 3rd Round
Oct 12
Alejandro Tabilo
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round
Oct 10
Mariano Navone
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 8
Daniil Medvedev
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 2
Adrian Mannarino
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Yi Zhou
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Jiri Lehecka
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 1st Round
Aug 24
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 58–58 matches
| Metric | Anderson | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 62% |
| Sets won | - | 58% |
| Games won | - | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Anderson | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| ATP 500 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Anderson | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 1 |
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