Zhibek Kulambayeva vs Zongyu LiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Zhibek Kulambayeva
#475 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
5w1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇨🇳Zongyu Li
#304 · 23 yrs
Zhibek Kulambayeva and Zongyu Li have met 1 time since 2026; Zhibek Kulambayeva leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kulambayeva has taken 2 sets to Li's 1. Their most recent meeting: Zhibek Kulambayeva won at W75 Kursumlijska Banja (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kulambayeva | Li | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Zhibek Kulambayeva | Zongyu Li | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 20/27 | 76% | 28/37 |
| Wins a set when losing | 24% | 4/17 | 52% | 11/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 11/44 | 34% | 20/58 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 64% | 14/22 | 67% | 18/27 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 7/17 | 71% | 17/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 4/6 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 22/23 | 83% | 35/42 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 87% | 20/23 | 67% | 28/42 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kulambayeva 0, Li 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kulambayeva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Li
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 476 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Zongyu Li.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 12, 2026
W75 Kursumlijska Banja
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kulambayeva | Li | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Zhibek Kulambayeva | Zongyu Li | ||
| 1 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 63% | 5/8 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kulambayeva | Li |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–6 | 1–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.36 | 3.40 |
| ROI % | -48.5% | -79.1% |
| Units P/L | -4.85u | -6.33u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kulambayeva | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | ROU → FRA |
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
Li has a higher win rate against shared opponents (83% vs Kulambayeva's 67%).
| Opponent | Kulambayeva | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Ksenia Zaytseva | L 64 46 57 | L 36 46 |
| Ying Zhang | W 63 62 | W |
| Aran Teixido Garcia | W 64 61 | W 64 62 |
| Ekaterina Yashina | W 63 64 | W 64 63 |
| Anastasia Zolotareva | L 57 36 | W 63 64 |
| Sonal Patil | W 61 63 | W 60 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Malaika Rapolu
Ladies Open - Caldas da Rainha · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Elizara Yaneva
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Radka Zelnickova
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya · 1st Round
Sep 7
Georgia Pedone
W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ksenia Zaytseva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 17
Mariya Yemshanova
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Mia Ristic
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Zongyu Li
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Isabella Maria Serban
RoveretOpen Citta della Pace - Rovereto · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Jia Jing Lu
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Elsa Jacquemot
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Fangran Tian
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 2
Xinyu Gao
W75 Bytom · 1st Round
Aug 26
Rositsa Dencheva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 18
Zhibek Kulambayeva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Francisca Jorge
W75 Ourense · 1st Round
Aug 5
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–58 matches
| Metric | Kulambayeva | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 64% |
| Sets won | 59% | 63% |
| Games won | 55% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kulambayeva | Li |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kulambayeva | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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