Xinxin Yao vs Anastasia Kulikova — W35 Shenyang Round of 32

W35 Shenyang · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
CHN
Xinxin Yao
#290WTA
1450ELO
1440Hard ELO
22 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2025
hard
Anastasia Kulikova
FIN
Anastasia Kulikova
#416WTA
1419ELO
1403Hard ELO
26 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWW
Yao X.
7-5 6-2
Kulikova A.
Yao X.
762
Kulikova A.
52–

Xinxin Yao defeated Anastasia Kulikova 7-5 6-2 in the W35 Shenyang round of 32 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Xinxin Yao closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Yao X.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Kulikova A.

Kulikova A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Yao X.

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

Statistics

This season
Yao X.Kulikova A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
50%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.8
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (78 vs 52). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Yao X.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Kulikova A.
5.5
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
5.4+36 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
4.6Hard Elo 1403
5.2Overall Elo 1450
ELO gap
4.8Overall Elo 1419
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.0
Surface form
3.0
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
3-set count
7.0
6.0
Surface transition
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
Yao X.Kulikova A.
Freshness·
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72

Kulikova A.: 1 day rest · 2 matches, 42 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Falei A.
Liu F.
7-667-5
Semi-finals
Liu F.
Imamura S.
6-07-64
Falei A.
Pavlova K.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Pavlova K.
Zheng W.
6-26-2
Liu F.
Zhang J.
6-36-2
Imamura S.
Zhu C.
6-46-3
Falei A.
Sato H.
7-56-0
R16
Imamura S.
Nugroho P.
6-26-4
Zhang J.
Zhang R.
7-657-5
Liu F.
Yao X.
6-43-66-3
Pavlova K.
Ren Y.
6-23-0
Falei A.
Koshiishi A.
6-16-1
Zhu C.
Yamaguchi M.
6-46-3
Zheng W.
Panshina V.
6-26-3
Sato H.
Guo M.
7-57-5
R32
Koshiishi A.
Yang Y.
6-16-3
Guo M.
Shi H.
7-656-4
Ren Y.
Wang M.
6-24-67-5
Nugroho P.
Savinykh V.
4-66-46-3
Yao X.
Kulikova A.
7-56-2
Zheng W.
Wang Q.
6-43-0
Falei A.
Wang Y.
6-16-2
Pavlova K.
Lu J.
6-46-4
Zhang R.
Huang Y.
6-46-1
Liu F.
Plipuech P.
6-46-3
Imamura S.
Sun Y.
6-36-1
Zhang J.
Dang Y.
4-67-627-66
Sato H.
Sidorova K.
6-46-0
Yamaguchi M.
Raina A.
6-25-76-1
Zhu C.
Cherubini D.
6-41-0
Panshina V.
Li Z.
6-35-76-4