Kristina Novak vs Warona MdlulwaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇸🇮Kristina Novak
#692 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇿🇦Warona Mdlulwa
Unranked · 26 yrs
4Kristina Novak and Warona Mdlulwa have met 1 time since 2026; Kristina Novak leads 1–0. Across all meetings Novak has taken 2 sets to Mdlulwa's 0. Their most recent meeting: Kristina Novak won at W15 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2026).
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Angola Ladies Open - Luanda
- Level
- WTA 125
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- November 2 · 4:00 AM ET
Kristina Novak and Warona Mdlulwa meet next at the Angola Ladies Open - Luanda on November 2 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Novak | Mdlulwa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kristina Novak | Warona Mdlulwa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 12/18 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins a set when losing | 46% | 13/28 | 5% | 1/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 19/46 | 17% | 4/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 10/19 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 12/24 | 29% | 4/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 36% | 4/11 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 62% | 16/26 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 46% | 12/26 | 40% | 2/5 |
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 (Novak 1, Mdlulwa 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Novak
🪃 Counterpuncher
Mdlulwa
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 83% vs 🏃 Pusher across 1,696 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Kristina Novak.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 21, 2026
W15 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Novak | Mdlulwa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kristina Novak | Warona Mdlulwa | ||
| 1 or more | 67% | 8/12 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 3/12 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Novak | Mdlulwa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–7 | 1–5 |
| Avg odds | 3.36 | 9.59 |
| ROI % | -47.0% | +19.3% |
| Units P/L | -5.64u | +1.16u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Novak | Mdlulwa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | 2 |
| Events | 4 | 3 |
| Matches | 5 | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | TUN → FRA → PAR → USA | MNE → USA |
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
Novak has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Mdlulwa's 50%).
| Opponent | Novak | Mdlulwa |
|---|---|---|
| Doga Ilhan | W 61 63 | L 06 06 |
| Sabastiani Leon | W 61 63 | W 36 63 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Katarina Kuzmova
W50 Istanbul · 2nd Round
Oct 29
Ilay Yoruk
W50 Istanbul · 1st Round
Oct 28
Anna Sedysheva
W50 Istanbul · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 26
Doga Ilhan
W50 Istanbul · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 25
Chris Werner
RoveretOpen Citta della Pace - Rovereto · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Isis Louise Van Den Broek
W35 Lagos · 1st Round
Oct 7
Nahia Berecoechea
W35 Baza · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Meritxell Teixido Garcia
W35 Baza · 1st Round
Sep 30
Ksenia Laskutova
W15 Islamabad · 1st Round
Oct 13
Sabrina Olimjanova
W15 Islamabad · 1st Round
Oct 6
Lavinia Luciano
W15 Monastir · 1st Round
Sep 16
Tamina Kochta
W15 Hurghada · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Laia Petretic
W15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Sep 2
Kateryna Diatlova
W15 Hurghada · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Kateryna Diatlova
W15 Hurghada · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Selina Atay
W15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Aug 26
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 24–46 matches
| Metric | Novak | Mdlulwa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 39% | 21% |
| Sets won | 44% | 21% |
| Games won | 48% | 35% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Novak | Mdlulwa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Novak | Mdlulwa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |