Kimberly Birrell vs Ye Xin MaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇳Ye Xin Ma
#184 · 27 yrs
3Kimberly Birrell and Ye Xin Ma have met 1 time since 2026; Kimberly Birrell leads 1–0. Across all meetings Birrell has taken 2 sets to Ma's 0. Their most recent meeting: Kimberly Birrell won at Korea Open - Seoul (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Birrell | Xin Ma | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kimberly Birrell | Ye Xin Ma | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 59% | 22/37 | 74% | 14/19 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 20% | 3/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 26/63 | 24% | 8/34 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 18/29 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | 70% | 7/10 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | 83% | 15/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 22/33 | 78% | 14/18 |
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, Xin Ma 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
🏹 Frontrunner
Ma
👑 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
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 24, 2026
Korea Open - Seoul
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Birrell | Ma | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kimberly Birrell | Ye Xin Ma | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 83% | 10/12 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 50% | 6/12 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/13 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/12 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Birrell | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 5–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.12 | 2.02 |
| ROI % | +4.8% | +7.1% |
| Units P/L | +0.63u | +0.57u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Birrell | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 7 | 8 |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU | 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
Ma has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Birrell's 40%).
| Opponent | Birrell | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet Dart | L 64 36 36 | L 36 26 |
| Yexin Ma | L 67 46 | W 63 62 |
| Ya Yi Yang | W 63 62 | W 62 60 |
| Lea Ma | W 75 62 | W 63 64 |
| Talia Gibson | L 46 63 36 | L 46 36 |
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
Elvina Kalieva
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 5
Polina Kudermetova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Harriet Dart
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Yufei Ren
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Kimberly Birrell
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Emerson Jones
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Eunhye Lee
Korea Open - Seoul · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Carol Zhao
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–63 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 57% |
| Sets won | 56% | 53% |
| Games won | 52% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Birrell | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Birrell | Ma |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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