Kimberly Birrell vs Petra MarcinkoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Title3 meetings · sets 4–4
🇭🇷Petra Marcinko
#78 · 20 yrs
6wKimberly Birrell and Petra Marcinko have met 3 times since 2026; Kimberly Birrell leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at ATX Open - Austin in 2026 on hard. On hard courts Birrell leads 2–0. Across all meetings Birrell has taken 4 sets to Marcinko's 4. Their most recent meeting: Kimberly Birrell won at U.S. Open - New York (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Birrell | Marcinko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kimberly Birrell | Petra Marcinko | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 59% | 22/37 | 64% | 27/42 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 37% | 10/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 26/63 | 36% | 25/69 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 42% | 21/50 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 18/29 | 43% | 6/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | 71% | 12/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | 82% | 37/45 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 22/33 | 60% | 27/45 |
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 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Birrell 0, Marcinko 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Marcinko
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 978 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Aug 31, 2026
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Jun 24, 2026
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne
G Grass · 2nd Round
Feb 24, 2026
ATX Open - Austin
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Birrell | Marcinko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kimberly Birrell | Petra Marcinko | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 80% | 4/5 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/13 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Birrell | Marcinko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.12 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | +4.8% | -69.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.63u | -3.45u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Birrell | Marcinko |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Birrell has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Marcinko's 30%).
| Opponent | Birrell | Marcinko |
|---|---|---|
| Aoi Ito | W 61 61 | W 62 46 62 |
| Tamara Zidansek | W 76 64 | L 36 57 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 75 60 | L 26 57 |
| Renata Zarazua | W 62 62 | L 61 46 36 |
| Oleksandra Oliynykova | L 36 60 67 | L 16 36 |
| Rebecca Sramkova | W 64 36 63 | W 76 57 63 |
| Harriet Dart | L 64 36 36 | W 61 36 61 |
| Donna Vekic | W 64 60 | L 36 46 |
| Oksana Selekhmeteva | W 61 64 | L 46 26 |
| Jaqueline Cristian | W 57 61 75 | L 16 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aoi Ito
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul · Final
Sep 27
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals
Sep 26
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Tamara Zidansek
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Kimberly Birrell
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Alycia Parks
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 25
Simona Waltert
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Tamara Zidansek
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Elina Avanesyan
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Nadia Podoroska
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 13
Clara Burel
Grand Est Open 88 - Contrexeville · 1st Round
Jul 7
Sofia Kenin
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–69 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Marcinko |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 61% |
| Sets won | 56% | 58% |
| Games won | 52% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Birrell | Marcinko |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Birrell | Marcinko |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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