Malaika Rapolu vs Zhibek KulambayevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Ladies Open - Caldas da Rainha
- Level
- WTA 125
- Round
- 1st Round Qualifying
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 13 · 8:30 AM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Record at prices like this
At 1.20 or shorter, Malaika Rapolu has won 17 of 20 (85%). That is level with the 85% the price implied.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Malaika Rapolu and Zhibek Kulambayeva meet next at the Ladies Open - Caldas da Rainha on September 13 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rapolu | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Malaika Rapolu | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 85% | 35/41 | 73% | 19/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 27% | 4/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 17/67 | 27% | 11/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 65% | 28/43 | 67% | 14/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 47% | 9/19 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 42% | 5/12 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 37/43 | 95% | 21/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 81% | 35/43 | 86% | 19/22 |
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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rapolu
👑 The Complete Package
Kulambayeva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,780 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Malaika Rapolu.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Rapolu and Kulambayeva have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rapolu | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Malaika Rapolu | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 15/21 | 36% | 5/14 |
| 3 or more | 29% | 6/21 | 7% | 1/14 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/21 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rapolu | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 13–8 | 14–8 |
| Avg odds | 1.65 | 2.10 |
| ROI % | -11.3% | +9.6% |
| Units P/L | -2.37u | +2.12u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rapolu | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 4 |
| Events | 2 | 4 |
| Matches | 5 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | SMR → ROU | FRA → POR → DEN → USA |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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.
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Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–67 matches
| Metric | Rapolu | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 63% |
| Sets won | 62% | 60% |
| Games won | 55% | 55% |