Mccartney Kessler vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Mccartney Kessler
#95 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
7w2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Mccartney Kessler and Yulia Putintseva have met 2 times since 2025; Yulia Putintseva leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Brisbane in 2025 on hard. Putintseva has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kessler has taken 0 sets to Putintseva's 4. Their most recent meeting: Yulia Putintseva won at Trophee Clarins - Paris (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kessler | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mccartney Kessler | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 14/21 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 6/22 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 13/43 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 12/24 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 37% | 7/19 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 8/14 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 16/20 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 14/20 | 74% | 23/31 |
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 (Kessler 0, Putintseva 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kessler
💥 Big Hitter
Putintseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Mccartney Kessler.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
May 11, 2026
Trophee Clarins - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Jan 1, 2025
Brisbane
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kessler | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Mccartney Kessler | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 5/5 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 40% | 2/5 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kessler | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–4 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | -77.0% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -3.85u | -0.19u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kessler | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kessler has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Putintseva's 29%).
| Opponent | Kessler | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Liudmila Samsonova | W 76 61 | L 67 75 57 |
| Oleksandra Oliynykova | W 60 60 | L 46 46 |
| Iva Jovic | L 67 67 | L 06 16 |
| Janice Tjen | W 62 61 | W 36 63 64 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 06 26 | L 64 46 57 |
| Clara Tauson | L 36 46 | L 67 26 |
| Zeynep Sonmez | L 67 06 | W 63 67 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Caty Mcnally
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Anna Kalinskaya
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Cadence Brace
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Renata Zarazua
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Aryna Sabalenka
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Oleksandra Oliynykova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Madison Keys
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Ashlyn Krueger
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Belinda Bencic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Maya Joint
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Victoria Rodriguez
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 43–56 matches
| Metric | Kessler | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 55% |
| Sets won | 48% | 56% |
| Games won | 49% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kessler | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kessler | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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