Marilouise Van Zyl vs Polina LeykinaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇿🇦Marilouise Van Zyl
#846 · 20 yrs
13w32 meetings · sets 0–4
🇷🇺Polina Leykina
#595 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Marilouise Van Zyl and Polina Leykina have met 2 times since 2026; Polina Leykina leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W15 Hillcrest in 2026 on hard. On hard courts Leykina leads 2–0. Leykina has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Zyl has taken 0 sets to Leykina's 4. Their most recent meeting: Polina Leykina won at W35 Hillcrest (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Van Zyl | Leykina | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Marilouise Van Zyl | Polina Leykina | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 53% | 8/15 | 90% | 19/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | 22% | 4/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 39% | 7/18 | 15% | 6/39 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 100% | 6/6 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 70% | 7/10 | 47% | 9/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 11/11 | 91% | 20/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 8/11 | 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. Head-to-head: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Van Zyl 0, Leykina 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zyl
⚔️ The Gladiator
Leykina
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 60% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,508 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Marilouise Van Zyl.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jul 9, 2026
W35 Hillcrest
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jul 4, 2026
W15 Hillcrest
H Hard · Semifinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.75 | 3.42 |
| ROI % | +10.0% | -12.1% |
| Units P/L | +0.30u | -0.85u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | SUI → POL → CHN |
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
Zyl has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Leykina's 75%).
| Opponent | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Sewuese Matthew | W 60 60 | W 60 61 |
| Jahnie Van Zyl | W 64 64 | W 63 57 63 |
| Valentina Khrebtova | W 60 62 | L 62 36 16 |
| Abigayel Vosloo | W 62 61 | W 62 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Astrid Cirotte
W15 Hillcrest · Final
Jul 19
Jahnie Van Zyl
W15 Hillcrest · Semifinals
Jul 18
Valentina Khrebtova
W15 Hillcrest · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Morgan Jordaan
W15 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Abigayel Vosloo
W15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 14
Polina Leykina
W35 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 9
Isabella Wong
W35 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 8
Polina Leykina
W15 Hillcrest · Semifinals
Jul 4
Wushuang Zheng
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 26
Xiao Tang
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 23
Yidi Yang
W35 Shenyang · 1st Round
Sep 15
Yingqun Sun
W35 Shenyang · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 14
Shuyang Xu
W35 Shenyang · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Dabin Kim
W15 Yeongwol · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Jeong In Choi
W15 Yeongwol · 1st Round
Sep 8
Radka Zelnickova
W35 Krakow · Quarterfinals
Aug 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–39 matches
| Metric | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 83% | 54% |
| Sets won | 70% | 55% |
| Games won | 57% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zyl | Leykina |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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