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Kurumi Nara vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

KN

🇯🇵Kurumi Nara

Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed

217w
2–2

4 meetings · sets 5–5

Yulia Putintseva

🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva

#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed

3

Kurumi Nara and Yulia Putintseva have met 4 times since 2015; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Washington in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Nara leads 2–1. Nara has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Nara has taken 5 sets to Putintseva's 5. Their most recent meeting: Kurumi Nara won at Tokyo (2017).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorNaraPutintseva
Wins in straight sets—74%
Wins a set when losing—44%
Goes to a deciding set—34%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite—53%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog—60%
Tiebreak sets won—71%
Wins after taking set 1—87%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1—74%

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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Nara 1, Putintseva 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Nara

⚔️ The Gladiator

Physical intensityBalanced gameStrong in deciding setsCompetitive fighter
vs

Putintseva

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance

Matchup analysis

⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 7,862 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.

Previous meetings

4 career meetings, newest first

Sep 20, 2017

Tokyo

H Hard · Round of 32

26
64
62
Nara

Sep 15, 2016

Japan Open Tokyo

H Hard · Round of 16

62
62
Nara

Apr 6, 2016

Charleston

C Clay · Round of 64

6477
06
Putintseva

Aug 5, 2015

Washington

H Hard · Round of 32

64
46
6477
Putintseva

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricNaraPutintseva
W-L-6–6
Avg odds-2.07
ROI %-+3.2%
Units P/L-+0.38u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricNaraPutintseva
Countries—1
Events—1
Matches—2
Distance—0 mi · 0 km
Route—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.

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Nara
LLWLLLWL
L

Coco Vandeweghe

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round

26
36

Aug 16

L

Lizette Cabrera

Dow Tennis Classic - Midland · 2nd Round

64
26
16

Nov 3

W

Hanna Chang

Dow Tennis Classic - Midland · 1st Round

762
63

Nov 1

L

Mariam Bolkvadze

Columbus WTA 125 - Columbus · 1st Round

26
57

Sep 20

L

Lulu Sun

Thoreau Tennis Open - Concord · 1st Round

16
36

Aug 2

L

Kristina Mladenovic

Nottingham Open - Nottingham · 2nd Round

26
75
26

Jun 9

W

Viktoriya Tomova

Nottingham Open - Nottingham · 1st Round

64
617
62

Jun 7

L

Veronika Kudermetova

Volvo Car Open - Charleston · 3rd Round

06
36

Apr 8

Putintseva
WWLWLWLL
W

Ashlyn Krueger

Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying

61
63

Oct 11

W

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying

Oct 10

L

Qinwen Zheng

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

46
62
16

Sep 3

W

Belinda Bencic

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

46
75
63

Sep 1

L

Maya Joint

Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying

60
36
16

Aug 24

W

Victoria Rodriguez

Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying

64
63

Aug 23

L

Liudmila Samsonova

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

657
75
57

Aug 14

L

Shuai Zhang

National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round

46
16

Aug 3

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ Naralevel↓ Putintseva

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–56 matches

MetricNaraPutintseva
Matches won-55%
Sets won-56%
Games won-52%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageNaraPutintseva
WTA 50022

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceNaraPutintseva
Hard21
Clay01

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Kurumi Nara vs Yulia Putintseva FAQ

The head-to-head is level at 2–2 over 4 meetings.