Sloane Stephens vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sloane Stephens
#133 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
4w48 meetings · sets 9–13
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Sloane Stephens and Yulia Putintseva have met 8 times since 2017; Yulia Putintseva leads 5–3. Their first meeting came at Toronto in 2017 on hard. On clay courts Putintseva leads 3–1. On hard courts they are level 2–2. Putintseva has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Stephens has taken 9 sets to Putintseva's 13. Their most recent meeting: Yulia Putintseva won at French Open - Paris (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Stephens | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sloane Stephens | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 13/18 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 24% | 5/21 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 10/39 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 40% | 4/10 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 14/27 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 13/18 | 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 8 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Stephens 0, Putintseva 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Stephens
⚙️ Grinder
Putintseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 66% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 3,088 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Yulia Putintseva.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
8 career meetings, newest first
May 28, 2024
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
May 9, 2024
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 2nd Round
Jun 2, 2023
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 3rd Round
Feb 9, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 14, 2019
Cincinnati
H Hard · Round of 32
Jan 10, 2019
Sydney
H Hard · Round of 16
May 23, 2018
Nurnberg
C Clay · Round of 32
Aug 9, 2017
Toronto
H Hard · Round of 64
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Stephens | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sloane Stephens | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 91% | 10/11 |
| 3 or more | 7% | 1/15 | 36% | 4/11 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 9% | 1/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Stephens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 6–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.98 | 2.07 |
| ROI % | +21.4% | +3.2% |
| Units P/L | +3.43u | +0.38u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Stephens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 2 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | UKR | 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
Stephens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Putintseva's 30%).
| Opponent | Stephens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Janice Tjen | W 76 76 | W 36 63 64 |
| Qinwen Zheng | L 36 26 | L 46 62 16 |
| Marta Kostyuk | L 16 57 | L 16 36 |
| Clara Tauson | W 64 61 | L 67 26 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 36 16 | W 46 75 63 |
| Sinja Kraus | W 75 63 | W 62 63 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 64 57 62 | L 46 26 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 16 76 64 | L 46 46 |
| Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano | L 46 16 | L 57 76 57 |
| Camila Osorio | L 46 16 | L 57 76 57 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Peyton Stearns
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Janice Tjen
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 16
Carole Monnet
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 14
Marta Kostyuk
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Clara Tauson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 25
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anastasia Potapova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
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 · 39–56 matches
| Metric | Stephens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 46% | 55% |
| Sets won | 47% | 56% |
| Games won | 48% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Stephens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Stephens | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 3 |
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