Magda Linette vs Sonay KartalPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#77 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
61 meeting · sets 2–1
🇬🇧Sonay Kartal
#170 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
Magda Linette and Sonay Kartal have met 1 time since 2026; Magda Linette leads 1–0. Across all meetings Linette has taken 2 sets to Kartal's 1. Their most recent meeting: Magda Linette won at Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Linette | Kartal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Magda Linette | Sonay Kartal | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 7/21 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 4/23 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 18/44 | 30% | 7/23 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 25% | 4/16 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 44% | 12/27 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 3/9 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 14/16 | 100% | 15/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 44% | 7/16 | 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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Linette 0, Kartal 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Kartal
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Feb 8, 2026
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Linette | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–7 | 3–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.23 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | -86.6% | +16.5% |
| Units P/L | -6.93u | +0.66u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Linette | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 4 |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | 654 mi · 1,053 km |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | 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
Across 3 shared opponents, both Linette and Kartal posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Linette | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Xin Yu Wang | W 61 75 | W 63 62 |
| Kimberly Birrell | W 26 61 62 | W 75 63 |
| Emma Navarro | W 36 63 63 | W 61 36 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Katerina Siniakova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Darya Astakhova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Francesca Jones
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Iva Jovic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Carol Zhao
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Leylah Fernandez
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 23–44 matches
| Metric | Linette | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 70% |
| Sets won | 43% | 66% |
| Games won | 48% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Linette | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Linette | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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