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Anastasia Tikhonova vs Yeon Woo Ku — W50 Austin Quarter-final

W50 AustinQuarter-finalHardThu 22 Oct · 12:00
Anastasia TikhonovaWTA #261 · RUS24%
VSClear favourite · Ku Y.
Yeon Woo Ku(3)WTA #174 · KOR76%
Win probabilityWho is more likely to winClear favourite · Ku Y.
24%76%

Clear edge for Ku Y. across form, surface and matchup. Upsets at this level happen in about 1 in 4 such matches.

Umpiry ScoreMatchup strength, 0–10 · not a probability
Tikhonova A.4.0/10
Heavy underdog
Ku Y.5.1/10
Clear underdog
Why
Surface+198 Hard Elo edgeSupports Ku Y.
Overall ratingOverall Elo 1519Supports Ku Y.
Recent runLost last 2Informative
CountryWon 45% in USA (33)Informative
Head-to-headNo prior meetingsBoth players
ELO1 621
Hard ELO1 591
Last 105–5
Age25
EarningsCareer $567K2026 $91K
ELO1 711
Hard ELO1 677
Last 106–4
Age23
EarningsCareer $292K2026 $167K

Anastasia Tikhonova faces Yeon Woo Ku in the W50 Austin quarter-final on hard. Yeon Woo Ku holds the paper edge — ranked #174, a roughly 200-point hard Elo advantage. Recent hard form is closely matched.

Key context

Common opponents

0 shared · last 12 months
No common opponents in the last 12 months. Surface form and ELO carry more weight here.

Head-to-head

They have not met before.

Evidence

Tikhonova A.Ku Y.
FormLast 10 matches each · 2026
Win–loss5–56–4 (ahead)
Season win rate40% (17–26)52% (22–20) (ahead)
RatingUmpiry ELO
Overall ELO16211711 (ahead)
Hard-court ELO15911677 (ahead)
Serve vs returnLast 38 vs 33 matches
1st-serve points won65% (ahead)59%
Return points won42%47% (ahead)
Aces / match3.4 (ahead)1.5
ClutchLast 38 vs 33 matches
Break points saved52%54% (ahead)

Draw

Odds

Conditions

12:00 local
SurfaceHard
Forecast27°C · Clear
Wind3 km/h
Humidity46%

Cite this

Umpiry, "Anastasia Tikhonova vs Yeon Woo Ku — W50 Austin Quarter-final", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-22/ku-vs-tikhonova-w50-austin-qf?utm_source=cite (as of 22 October 2026).