Mia Ristic vs Zhibek KulambayevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇸Mia Ristic
#195 · 20 yrs
5Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇰🇿Zhibek Kulambayeva
#472 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
Mia Ristic and Zhibek Kulambayeva have met 1 time since 2026; Mia Ristic leads 1–0. Across all meetings Ristic has taken 2 sets to Kulambayeva's 0. Their most recent meeting: Mia Ristic won at W75 Kursumlijska Banja (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ristic | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mia Ristic | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 25/34 | 64% | 14/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 45% | 10/22 | 13% | 2/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 19/56 | 27% | 10/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 56% | 20/36 | 53% | 9/17 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 73% | 11/15 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 71% | 10/14 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 29/34 | 100% | 17/17 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 25/34 | 82% | 14/17 |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ristic 1, Kulambayeva 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ristic
🏹 Frontrunner
Kulambayeva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,501 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Mia Ristic.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 13, 2026
W75 Kursumlijska Banja
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ristic | Kulambayeva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Mia Ristic | Zhibek Kulambayeva | ||
| 1 or more | 68% | 15/22 | 46% | 5/11 |
| 3 or more | 18% | 4/22 | 9% | 1/11 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/22 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ristic | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 17–6 | 10–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.60 | 2.16 |
| ROI % | +5.0% | +8.5% |
| Units P/L | +1.15u | +1.45u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ristic | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 5 | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | FRA | FRA → DEN |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Ristic and Kulambayeva posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Ristic | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Zaar | W 36 63 76 | W 76 63 |
| Nuria Brancaccio | W 63 63 | W 26 61 64 |
| Laura Hietaranta | W 60 61 | W 46 62 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Rositsa Dencheva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · Final
Aug 16
Matilde Paoletti
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · Semifinals
Aug 15
Lisa Zaar
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Zhibek Kulambayeva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Havah Kaur Kaler
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 11
Laura Samson
Axeria Open - Targu Mures · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Yelyzaveta Kotliar
Axeria Open - Targu Mures · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Darja Semenistaja
Axeria Open - Targu Mures · 1st Round
Jul 28
Georgia Pedone
W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 26
Mia Ristic
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Zongyu Li
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 28
Leyre Romero Gormaz
Iasi WTA
Jul 13
Lisa Zaar
Iasi WTA
Jul 12
Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur
W75 The Hague · 2nd Round
Jul 9
Nuria Brancaccio
W75 The Hague · 1st Round
Jul 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–56 matches
| Metric | Ristic | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 59% |
| Sets won | 60% | 55% |
| Games won | 55% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ristic | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ristic | Kulambayeva |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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