Kimberly Birrell vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Kimberly Birrell and Sofia Kenin have met 1 time since 2025; Kimberly Birrell leads 1–0. Across all meetings Birrell has taken 2 sets to Kenin's 0. Their most recent meeting: Kimberly Birrell won at Rothesay International - Eastbourne (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Birrell | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kimberly Birrell | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 59% | 22/37 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 26/63 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 18/29 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 22/33 | 40% | 6/15 |
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 (Birrell 1, Kenin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 126 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 24, 2025
Rothesay International - Eastbourne
G Grass · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Birrell | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kimberly Birrell | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Birrell | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.12 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | +4.8% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | +0.63u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Birrell | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 7 | 3 |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | POR → ROU | POR → ROU → CZE |
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 (56% vs Kenin's 11%).
| Opponent | Birrell | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Kamilla Rakhimova | L 26 26 | L 06 36 |
| Maya Joint | W 64 62 | L 67 46 |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | L 16 62 36 | L 67 36 |
| Jessica Pegula | W 16 63 63 | L 36 16 |
| Petra Marcinko | W 36 76 63 | W 76 64 |
| Viktorija Golubic | L 67 46 | L 26 64 36 |
| Amanda Anisimova | L 16 36 | L 26 64 67 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 75 60 | L 36 36 |
| Oksana Selekhmeteva | W 61 64 | L 61 46 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
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals
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
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–63 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 27% |
| Sets won | 56% | 35% |
| Games won | 52% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Birrell | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Birrell | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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