Kimberly Birrell vs Sonay KartalPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Title2 meetings · sets 1–4
🇬🇧Sonay Kartal
#170 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
Kimberly Birrell and Sonay Kartal have met 2 times since 2025; Sonay Kartal leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome in 2025 on clay. Kartal has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Birrell has taken 1 sets to Kartal's 4. Their most recent meeting: Sonay Kartal won at Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Birrell | Kartal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kimberly Birrell | Sonay Kartal | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 59% | 22/37 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 26/63 | 30% | 7/23 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 18/29 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | 100% | 15/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 22/33 | 80% | 12/15 |
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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Birrell 0, Kartal 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Kartal
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 💥 Big Hitter 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
2 career meetings, newest first
Feb 7, 2026
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 3rd Round Qualifying
May 6, 2025
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Birrell | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 3–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.12 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | +4.8% | +16.5% |
| Units P/L | +0.63u | +0.66u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Birrell | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 4 |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | 654 mi · 1,053 km |
| Route | POR → ROU | 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
Kartal has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Birrell's 33%).
| Opponent | Birrell | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Magda Linette | L 62 16 26 | L 46 63 36 |
| Lanlana Tararudee | L 46 67 | W 64 64 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 16 26 | L |
| Ella Seidel | W 76 61 | W 63 61 |
| Renata Zarazua | W 62 62 | W 60 63 |
| Janice Tjen | L 46 36 | W 61 67 63 |
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
Anhelina Kalinina
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 12
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Xin Yu Wang
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 4th Round
Mar 11
Madison Keys
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 3rd Round
Mar 9
Emma Navarro
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 2nd Round
Mar 7
Lanlana Tararudee
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 23–63 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 70% |
| Sets won | 56% | 66% |
| Games won | 52% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Birrell | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Birrell | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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