Naomi Osaka vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Naomi Osaka
#18 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
7 meetings · sets 8–7
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Naomi Osaka and Yulia Putintseva have met 7 times since 2018; Naomi Osaka leads 4–3. Their first meeting came at Hobart in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Osaka leads 4–1. On grass courts Putintseva leads 2–0. Osaka has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Osaka has taken 8 sets to Putintseva's 7. Their most recent meeting: Naomi Osaka won at Mubadala Citi DC Open - Washington (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Osaka | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Naomi Osaka | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 22/33 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 3/11 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 14/44 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 18/33 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 6/10 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 71% | 10/14 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 32/34 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 22/34 | 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: 6 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Osaka 3, Putintseva 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Osaka
💥 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 Naomi Osaka.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
Jul 22, 2025
Mubadala Citi DC Open - Washington
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 27, 2024
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 2nd Round
Apr 12, 2024
Billie Jean King Cup, Qualifiers, JPN-KAZ 3-1
H Hard · Rubber 2
Sep 20, 2019
Osaka
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jul 2, 2019
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 128
Jun 20, 2019
Birmingham
G Grass · Round of 16
Jan 10, 2018
Hobart
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Osaka | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Naomi Osaka | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 92% | 12/13 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 69% | 9/13 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 31% | 4/13 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Osaka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–4 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.46 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | -14.3% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -1.86u | -0.19u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Osaka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 2 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | 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
Osaka has a higher win rate against shared opponents (78% vs Putintseva's 44%).
| Opponent | Osaka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlyn Krueger | W | W 61 63 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 16 46 | L 36 36 |
| Elsa Jacquemot | W 61 75 | W 61 62 |
| Iva Jovic | W 76 67 64 | L 06 16 |
| Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano | W 62 75 | L 57 76 57 |
| Camila Osorio | W 62 75 | L 57 76 57 |
| Talia Gibson | L 57 46 | W 46 64 61 |
| Antonia Ruzic | W 63 36 64 | W 64 63 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | W 75 62 | L 46 61 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Karolina Muchova
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 6
Sara Bejlek
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Maria Timofeeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Elise Mertens
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Katerina Siniakova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Anastasia Zakharova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Elena Rybakina
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
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 · 44–56 matches
| Metric | Osaka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | 55% |
| Sets won | 68% | 56% |
| Games won | 56% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Osaka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Osaka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 2 |
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