H2H data updated: 2026-11-09 00:00 UTC

Naomi Osaka vs Kristina Kucova H2H: 2-0

Naomi Osaka holds a 2–0 lead over Kristina Kucova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Naomi Osaka leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Naomi Osaka won the 2018 Australian Open first round 7-5 6-2.

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Naomi Osaka
Japan Age 29 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Kristina Kucova
Slovak Republic Age 36 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Naomi Osaka #72 7-5 6-2 Kristina Kucova #250 Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Naomi Osaka #49 6-2 6-3 Kristina Kucova #82 Match data Mar 23, 2017* R128 Miami Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Naomi Osaka #16 #1 7,985 2,178 253 139 64.5% 4 2 0 1 0 7
Kristina Kucova — #71 899 1,697 40 68 37.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Naomi Osaka Kristina Kucova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2014 2–2 50.0% #260 1,530 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2015 0–2 0.0% #144 1,509 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2016 20–13 60.6% #48 1,700 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2017 19–22 46.3% #68 1,695 0 0 2009 1–3 25.0% #112 1,479 0 0
20 2018 40–20 66.7% #5 1,902 1 2 2010 0–3 0.0% #228 1,447 0 0
21 2019 40–13 75.5% #3 2,046 2 5 2011 2–2 50.0% #209 1,485 0 0
22 2020 16–3 84.2% #3 2,111 3 6 — — — — — — —
23 2021 20–8 71.4% #13 2,039 4 7 2013 0–1 0.0% #147 1,472 0 0
24 2022 15–11 57.7% #42 1,933 4 7 2014 4–3 57.1% #147 1,515 0 0
25 — — — — — — — 2015 1–4 20.0% #146 1,490 0 0
26 2024 21–17 55.3% #57 1,872 4 7 2016 12–9 57.1% #81 1,676 0 0
27 2025 30–15 66.7% #16 1,959 4 7 2017 3–11 21.4% #245 1,567 0 0
28 2026 30–13 69.8% #16 2,030 4 7 2018 2–5 28.6% #259 1,543 0 0
29 — — — — — — — 2019 1–5 16.7% #175 1,543 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 2020 0–1 0.0% #147 1,629 0 0
31 — — — — — — — 2021 10–8 55.6% #97 1,624 0 0
32 — — — — — — — 2022 4–8 33.3% #268 1,560 0 0
33 — — — — — — — 2023 0–5 0.0% #507 1,496 0 0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Naomi Osaka Kristina Kucova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 2014 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2015 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2016 18 11 29 62.1% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2017 13 13 26 50.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2009 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
20 2018 29 13 42 69.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2010 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2019 30 7 37 81.1% 9 4 13 69.2% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2011 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2020 16 3 19 84.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2021 18 5 23 78.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — 2013 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 2022 14 9 23 60.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2014 1 2 3 33.3% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — —
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
26 2024 13 9 22 59.1% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2016 6 5 11 54.5% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — —
27 2025 24 9 33 72.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2017 1 3 4 25.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
28 2026 15 8 23 65.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2018 2 2 4 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 3 5 8 37.5% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 192 91 283 67.8% 36 31 67 53.7% 25 17 42 59.5% — — — — — 16 34 50 32.0% 20 28 48 41.7% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 1 2 50.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 355/391 of Naomi Osaka's and 102/108 of Kristina Kucova's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Naomi Osaka Kristina Kucova
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 2014 4/4 4.3 1.8 55.4% 65.3% 44.8% 33.6% 49.2% 55.5% 41.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2016 33/33 4.8 2.5 55.2% 69.6% 48.3% 54.8% 51.5% 59.9% 43.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2017 40/41 4.2 2.5 55.9% 67.2% 45.7% 45.6% 46.3% 57.5% 40.2% 2009 4/4 0.5 3.5 63.4% 53.3% 49.0% 36.3% 55.7% 51.8% 42.2%
20 2018 55/60 4.7 2.1 59.7% 71.1% 48.8% 55.8% 55.7% 61.9% 45.3% 2010 3/3 0.0 4.0 65.9% 49.5% 30.1% 36.1% 56.0% 42.2% 33.9%
21 2019 50/53 7.0 1.9 60.2% 73.1% 47.9% 56.3% 51.0% 63.1% 44.4% 2011 4/4 0.0 1.8 62.3% 52.3% 41.0% 45.8% 36.9% 48.1% 41.3%
22 2020 18/19 7.8 2.5 59.0% 76.0% 53.0% 64.2% 43.2% 66.5% 42.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2021 21/28 6.5 2.8 53.5% 76.2% 52.2% 59.4% 52.6% 64.9% 43.6% 2013 1/1 0.0 8.0 60.4% 55.7% 32.5% 25.0% 64.3% 46.5% 49.0%
24 2022 22/26 5.7 2.5 51.4% 76.9% 47.4% 61.9% 44.1% 62.7% 41.4% 2014 3/7 0.3 2.3 64.4% 61.5% 50.3% 34.4% 42.9% 56.7% 46.0%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 4/5 0.0 5.3 68.4% 57.0% 50.7% 57.3% 42.7% 55.1% 41.3%
26 2024 36/38 6.5 2.7 54.0% 75.1% 51.1% 56.3% 50.1% 64.0% 40.4% 2016 20/21 0.5 3.9 63.1% 58.5% 44.8% 49.6% 45.3% 52.8% 45.8%
27 2025 34/46 6.6 2.9 56.9% 74.7% 49.3% 52.5% 53.6% 63.5% 45.2% 2017 14/14 0.8 2.4 65.7% 51.7% 43.6% 42.7% 48.0% 48.3% 39.5%
28 2026 42/43 5.8 2.5 58.6% 72.8% 49.3% 54.5% 46.9% 63.1% 42.2% 2018 7/7 0.4 2.6 66.4% 53.5% 38.6% 42.0% 54.2% 48.8% 44.9%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 6/6 0.0 4.2 56.8% 54.3% 43.2% 51.3% 33.7% 50.0% 36.3%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 1/1 0.0 5.0 53.4% 45.2% 44.4% 44.4% 18.2% 44.8% 39.4%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 18/18 0.3 3.3 63.4% 62.0% 46.9% 46.5% 48.6% 56.6% 44.1%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 12/12 0.8 3.4 68.2% 57.9% 38.7% 43.8% 40.4% 52.1% 40.5%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 5/5 0.6 4.6 60.1% 54.3% 34.6% 46.1% 36.2% 46.8% 35.5%
Career — 355/393 5.8 2.4 57.0% 72.6% 48.9% 54.8% 50.2% 62.3% 43.0% — 102/108 0.4 3.4 64.0% 56.5% 43.1% 45.3% 45.2% 51.6% 42.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Naomi Osaka Kristina Kucova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 2014 1531 113.6 +0.17 +0.57 0.923 48.4% +17 — — 45.5% 0.00 2–1 (67%) 1–0 — -0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2015 1509 102.0 — — — — — — — 20.0% -1.80 0–1 — — 0.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2016 1700 133.1 +3.18 +0.66 1.091 51.9% -10 -101 — 60.0% +0.65 4–5 (44%) 5–6 (45%) 101.0 +0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2017 1696 132.1 +1.30 -2.12 0.947 48.9% +6 -84 -46 45.8% -0.18 5–4 (56%) 2–5 (29%) 97.8 -1.51 2009 1480 100.8 -2.45 -1.32 0.875 46.9% — — — 22.2% -1.11 1–0 0–2 — +0.34
20 2018 1902 160.7 +5.21 +2.94 1.190 53.8% +17 -236 -168 67.5% +1.35 4–3 (57%) 4–4 (50%) 99.8 -2.09 2010 1447 97.4 -2.20 -1.19 0.587 38.4% — — — 0.0% -3.83 — — — +0.09
21 2019 2047 154.9 +5.80 +1.63 1.202 53.6% +30 -229 -350 68.4% +1.22 17–2 (89%) 10–4 (71%) 116.1 +0.63 2011 1486 109.5 -1.91 +0.52 0.796 44.8% +41 — — 57.1% +0.29 1–0 1–0 — -0.22
22 2020 2112 156.0 +6.66 +1.24 1.267 54.0% +18 — — 71.7% +1.61 9–1 (90%) 3–5 (38%) 103.1 -0.43 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2021 2040 154.1 +6.00 +1.08 1.240 54.0% +82 -235 — 72.2% +1.43 3–3 (50%) 2–2 (50%) 95.5 -0.04 2013 1473 100.2 -1.44 -3.90 0.916 47.7% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 0–1 — +0.05
24 2022 1934 147.9 +4.77 +0.02 1.112 52.0% +91 -156 — 57.4% +0.81 4–1 (80%) 0–2 — -0.62 2014 1515 114.9 +1.12 -0.31 1.062 51.2% -9 +53 — 56.3% +0.31 1–1 0–1 — +0.23
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1490 105.8 -1.50 +0.60 0.919 48.3% — +35 — 35.7% -0.93 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -0.16
26 2024 1873 146.8 +5.89 -1.17 1.122 52.2% +76 -98 -157 56.3% +0.71 3–5 (38%) 4–8 (33%) 94.1 -2.05 2016 1676 124.3 -2.13 +1.39 0.970 49.6% -47 -40 — 53.1% +0.02 7–2 (78%) 1–4 (20%) 106.7 -0.02
27 2025 1959 153.2 +4.80 +1.97 1.240 54.1% +53 -121 -236 65.1% +1.10 11–9 (55%) 10–6 (63%) 102.1 +1.00 2017 1567 106.6 -4.42 -2.38 0.765 43.8% +37 +13 -25 30.0% -1.50 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -0.09
28 2026 2030 160.5 +5.25 +0.69 1.144 52.8% -2 -84 -90 66.3% +1.11 9–3 (75%) 9–4 (69%) 109.8 -1.00 2018 1544 107.0 -1.75 +0.58 0.878 46.9% +47 -42 — 26.7% -1.47 1–0 0–1 — -0.09
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1544 115.2 -2.55 -2.28 0.726 43.4% — -57 — 20.0% -2.20 — 0–1 — -0.35
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1629 99.0 -1.17 +0.49 0.714 41.9% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.03
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1625 124.4 -0.01 +0.98 1.015 50.1% -47 +108 — 52.4% +0.02 4–2 (67%) 5–2 (71%) 103.9 +0.65
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1561 112.8 -3.79 -3.02 0.846 46.3% -8 +75 — 37.0% -0.63 1–2 (33%) 0–4 (0%) 95.6 +0.58
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1496 97.5 -3.95 -3.42 0.666 41.1% +3 — — 0.0% -3.30 — 0–1 — +0.24
Career — 2179 158.0 +4.73 +0.79 1.142 52.6% +34 -153 -147 62.7% +0.95 71–38 (65%) 50–46 (52%) 107.7 -1.65 — 1698 118.7 -2.22 -0.58 0.868 46.8% -11 +22 -25 39.2% -0.77 18–14 (56%) 9–19 (32%) 99.2 +1.19

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.