Aryna Sabalenka and Yulia Putintseva will play each other in the 3rd round of the Brisbane International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.162
Yulia Putintseva -> 5.2
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Yulia Putintseva
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Yulia Putintseva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sabalenka and Putintseva (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 1-6 6-4 6-0 in the 3rd round in Wuhan back in 2024.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Yulia Putintseva – Wuhan 10-October-2024
Aryna Sabalenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-14 | 38-7 | 15-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-18 | 24-11 | 13-3 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 the Belarussian reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Renata Zarazua 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Sabalenka had a good straight sets win against Zarazua (6-4 6-0). During the match, Sabalenka scored 52 points vs Zarazua’s 33. Sabalenka was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka fired 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Aryna Sabalenka was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sabalenka broke Zarazua 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of her matches (375-168). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has an aggregate228-92 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Belarussian has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Yulia Putintseva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-22 | 22-15 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-27 | 19-17 | 13-8 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-21 | 9-11 | 15-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-24 | 14-12 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, the Kazakhstani reached the 3rd round after defeating Mccartney Kessler 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Putintseva had a good straight sets win against Kessler (6-2 7-5). During the match Putintseva scored 72 points vs Kessler’s 57. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Putintseva recorded 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Yulia Putintseva was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Putintseva broke Kessler 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Yulia has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 52-33 | 72-57 |
| Total Points | 85 | 129 |
| Winners | 21 | 34 |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% |
Both Sabalenka and Putintseva played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sabalenka and Putintseva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sabalenka played 4 games less than Putintseva. The Belarussian scored 21 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Putintseva fired 34 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 45/61 |
| %1st in | 62% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 63% |
Sabalenka fired 5 aces . Putintseva recorded 3 aces . Sabalenka won 81% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Putintseva won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 83% | 30% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Aryna broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Aryna surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Yulia was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R2 Zarazua |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 52-33 | 52-33 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Putintseva | |||
| R2 Kessler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
W
W Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Yue YuanYuan – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-77 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Suzan LamensLamens – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-67 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Paula BadosaBadosa (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-60 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Edan LeshemLeshem – Jonas TrinkerTrinker (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Robin StanekStanek (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Patrik NemaNema – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool – Erik CrepaldiCrepaldi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Marek JaloviecJaloviec – Gabriel DonevDonev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aaron AddisonAddison – Henry CraigCraig (7-65 7-63) – See score progression
- Suzan LamensLamens – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-7(7) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-6(7) 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
