Magda Linette vs Zhibek Kulambayeva — United Cup Round Robin

United Cup · WTA · Round Robin
Magda Linette
POL
Magda Linette
#51WTA
1831ELO
1780Hard ELO
$732kYTD
$8.8MCAREER
34 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2023
hard
KAZ
Zhibek Kulambayeva
#464WTA
1402ELO
1267Hard ELO
26 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWLWW
Linette M.
6-2 6-1
Kulambayeva Z.
Linette M.
662
Kulambayeva Z.
210

Magda Linette defeated Zhibek Kulambayeva 6-2 6-1 in the United Cup round robin on hard. The result followed the form book — Magda Linette came in ranked #51.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Linette M.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Kulambayeva Z.

Kulambayeva Z.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Linette M.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Linette M.Kulambayeva Z.
26
Serve
—
10
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Linette M.Kulambayeva Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
73%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
64%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
53%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
49%
Break points saved·Even
55%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
0.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (173 vs 62). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Linette M.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 53 days (−0.7)
Kulambayeva Z.
2.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 462 days (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
10.0+513 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.0Hard Elo 1267
9.6Overall Elo 1831
ELO gap
0.4Overall Elo 1402
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.3
Surface form
Win streak
0.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Linette M.Kulambayeva Z.
Freshness·Clear edge
98
86

Linette M.: 14 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Kulambayeva Z.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 22 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Pegula J.
Trevisan M.
6-46-2
Keys M.
Bronzetti L.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Pegula J.
Swiatek I.
6-26-2
Trevisan M.
Sakkari M.
6-36-747-5
Bronzetti L.
Grammatikopoulou V.
6-26-3
Keys M.
Linette M.
6-46-2
Round Robin
Garcia C.
Podoroska N.
6-26-0
Keys M.
Bouzkova M.
6-46-3
Bronzetti L.
Eikeri U.
6-27-5
Bronzetti L.
Pigossi L.
6-06-2
Badosa P.
Dart H.
6-767-656-1
Martic P.
Podoroska N.
6-24-66-1
Pigossi L.
Eikeri U.
6-36-4
Linette M.
Teichmann J.
5-76-46-1
Dart H.
Inglis M.
6-46-4
Van Uytvanck A.
Papamichail D.
7-52-66-3
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Gadecki O.
6-26-2
Haddad Maia B.
Trevisan M.
6-26-0
Sakkari M.
Mertens E.
6-17-5
Pegula J.
Dart H.
6-26-0
Kvitova P.
Pegula J.
7-666-4
Vekic D.
Cornet A.
6-46-3
Linette M.
Kulambayeva Z.
6-26-1
Kvitova P.
Siegemund L.
6-46-2
Vekic D.
Papamichail D.
6-26-0
Cornet A.
Carle M.
6-26-1
Garcia C.
Martic P.
7-696-4
Vekic D.
Carle M.
6-06-4
Teichmann J.
Kulambayeva Z.
6-36-2
Trevisan M.
Helgo M.
7-53-66-4
Linette M.
Bronzetti L.
6-16-2
Bencic B.
Putintseva Y.
7-606-3
Sakkari M.
Martic P.
6-36-3
Keys M.
Swan K.
2-66-36-4
Haddad Maia B.
Helgo M.
6-46-2
Swiatek I.
Trevisan M.
6-26-4
Swiatek I.
Bencic B.
6-37-63
Bouzkova M.
Niemeier J.
6-27-5
Van Uytvanck A.
Shinikova I.
6-13-66-3
Parrizas Diaz N.
Inglis M.
6-16-3
Keys M.
Niemeier J.
6-26-3
Mertens E.
Topalova G.
6-43-66-0
Swan K.
Hives Z.
6-46-3
Sakkari M.
Tomova V.
6-36-2
Pegula J.
Siegemund L.
6-36-2
Swiatek I.
Putintseva Y.
6-16-3
Papamichail D.
Shinikova I.
3-66-46-1
Swan K.
Parrizas Diaz N.
3-66-16-2