H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Yulia Putintseva vs Kurumi Nara H2H: 2-2

Yulia Putintseva and Kurumi Nara are tied 2–2 in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Kurumi Nara leads 2–1 on hard courts, while Yulia Putintseva leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Kurumi Nara won the 2017 Pan Pacific Open first round 2-6 6-4 6-2.

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Yulia Putintseva
Kazakhstan Age 31 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"
H2H
2 – 2
4 main-draw meetings
Kurumi Nara
Japan Age 34 Right-Handed 155 cm / 5'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kurumi Nara #114 2-6 6-4 6-2 Yulia Putintseva #48 Match data Sep 21, 2017* R32 Pan Pacific Open Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Kurumi Nara #81 6-2 6-2 Yulia Putintseva #41 Match data Sep 16, 2016* R16 Japan Women's Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Yulia Putintseva #61 7-6(4) 6-0 Kurumi Nara #84 Match data Apr 6, 2016* R64 Charleston Open Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay
Yulia Putintseva #70 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) Kurumi Nara #74 Match data Aug 6, 2015* R32 Washington Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 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
Yulia Putintseva #84 #20 2,148 1,990 268 264 50.4% 0 0 0 0 4 4
Kurumi Nara #246 #32 1,412 1,700 82 118 41.0% 0 0 0 0 1 1

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 Yulia Putintseva Kurumi Nara
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2010 0–1 0.0% #728 1,489 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2012 1–2 33.3% #123 1,489 0 0 2009 1–1 50.0% #181 1,512 0 0
18 2013 5–12 29.4% #109 1,509 0 0 2010 1–7 12.5% #130 1,475 0 0
19 2014 5–6 45.5% #115 1,554 0 0 2011 1–4 20.0% #140 1,457 0 0
20 2015 10–17 37.0% #77 1,520 0 0 2012 1–3 25.0% #148 1,438 0 0
21 2016 28–23 54.9% #33 1,655 0 0 2013 5–6 45.5% #81 1,506 0 0
22 2017 20–27 42.6% #52 1,606 0 0 2014 23–21 52.3% #44 1,651 0 1
23 2018 19–21 47.5% #44 1,655 0 0 2015 19–22 46.3% #81 1,586 0 1
24 2019 29–24 54.7% #34 1,763 0 2 2016 15–18 45.5% #77 1,602 0 1
25 2020 15–10 60.0% #28 1,837 0 2 2017 10–16 38.5% #102 1,577 0 1
26 2021 31–22 58.5% #42 1,808 0 3 2018 0–14 0.0% #161 1,485 0 1
27 2022 20–18 52.6% #51 1,740 0 3 2019 3–3 50.0% #140 1,565 0 1
28 2023 22–22 50.0% #66 1,748 0 3 2020 0–1 0.0% #160 1,559 0 1
29 2024 34–17 66.7% #29 1,934 0 4 2021 3–2 60.0% #185 1,512 0 1
30 2025 15–26 36.6% #71 1,740 0 4 — — — — — — —
31 2026 14–16 46.7% #84 1,737 0 4 — — — — — — —

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 Yulia Putintseva Kurumi Nara
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2012 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2009 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
18 2013 2 4 6 33.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 3 3 0.0% 2010 0 5 5 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
19 2014 3 5 8 37.5% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2011 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2015 3 12 15 20.0% 6 4 10 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2012 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2016 17 16 33 51.5% 10 4 14 71.4% 1 3 4 25.0% 2013 5 5 10 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2017 14 18 32 43.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2014 15 13 28 53.6% 7 5 12 58.3% 1 3 4 25.0%
23 2018 12 14 26 46.2% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 2015 14 15 29 48.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 3 5 40.0%
24 2019 16 17 33 48.5% 9 4 13 69.2% 4 3 7 57.1% 2016 13 11 24 54.2% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
25 2020 11 8 19 57.9% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2017 8 13 21 38.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
26 2021 19 14 33 57.6% 11 7 18 61.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 2018 0 10 10 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
27 2022 7 9 16 43.8% 12 7 19 63.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 2019 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
28 2023 13 14 27 48.1% 9 7 16 56.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 2020 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
29 2024 19 12 31 61.3% 7 4 11 63.6% 8 1 9 88.9% 2021 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
30 2025 11 17 28 39.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2026 8 9 17 47.1% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 156 171 327 47.7% 94 68 162 58.0% 18 25 43 41.9% — 60 83 143 42.0% 15 19 34 44.1% 7 16 23 30.4%

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 493/534 of Yulia Putintseva's and 181/200 of Kurumi Nara'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 Yulia Putintseva Kurumi Nara
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%
15 2010 1/1 0.0 2.0 54.5% 50.0% 35.0% 37.5% 50.0% 43.2% 37.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2012 2/3 6.5 5.5 51.0% 57.4% 39.3% 52.7% 83.3% 48.1% 45.1% 2009 2/2 0.0 6.0 64.4% 53.1% 26.3% 39.6% 57.1% 43.8% 40.1%
18 2013 16/17 2.3 3.0 61.9% 60.5% 45.0% 46.0% 45.4% 54.9% 42.3% 2010 6/8 0.2 5.2 59.3% 45.6% 37.8% 40.2% 43.8% 42.2% 40.5%
19 2014 11/11 1.3 3.1 63.0% 58.1% 44.3% 36.2% 51.4% 52.4% 43.5% 2011 5/5 0.0 3.8 67.2% 51.3% 33.4% 46.3% 53.8% 46.8% 37.5%
20 2015 23/27 1.1 2.6 63.3% 58.5% 53.3% 52.7% 39.7% 56.4% 40.3% 2012 4/4 1.0 1.3 69.4% 54.6% 40.3% 44.0% 63.8% 50.0% 43.3%
21 2016 43/51 1.1 1.9 71.0% 58.8% 49.6% 55.4% 51.1% 56.2% 46.9% 2013 11/11 0.8 1.6 73.5% 56.2% 50.9% 50.6% 51.9% 54.9% 45.9%
22 2017 46/48 1.7 2.8 65.9% 59.4% 44.5% 47.4% 48.4% 54.4% 44.5% 2014 40/44 0.4 2.0 74.4% 54.1% 45.8% 51.6% 49.3% 51.9% 44.6%
23 2018 36/40 1.1 2.4 69.3% 59.0% 46.2% 41.7% 48.5% 54.8% 44.7% 2015 31/41 0.4 2.5 73.2% 57.8% 49.3% 49.8% 50.8% 55.5% 39.5%
24 2019 49/53 1.6 2.5 66.5% 61.6% 47.9% 49.5% 51.6% 56.8% 44.4% 2016 32/33 0.6 2.5 70.0% 56.4% 47.0% 55.2% 50.1% 53.8% 45.3%
25 2020 25/25 0.9 2.3 69.0% 61.0% 43.7% 52.0% 49.1% 55.7% 44.9% 2017 25/26 0.5 2.4 67.5% 55.1% 44.4% 45.2% 50.1% 51.5% 45.8%
26 2021 52/53 1.2 2.5 68.5% 61.7% 49.4% 54.0% 50.9% 57.9% 46.2% 2018 13/14 0.6 3.6 65.3% 57.2% 43.1% 51.9% 39.6% 52.2% 40.9%
27 2022 38/38 0.8 2.2 69.5% 61.9% 45.2% 51.2% 46.6% 56.7% 44.5% 2019 6/6 0.5 3.0 68.3% 51.3% 37.7% 40.9% 47.3% 46.4% 40.8%
28 2023 42/45 1.1 2.0 73.4% 61.8% 44.0% 60.0% 48.6% 57.0% 44.3% 2020 1/1 0.0 3.0 75.6% 44.1% 9.1% 40.0% — 35.6% 30.6%
29 2024 51/51 1.5 1.7 70.0% 62.4% 50.3% 57.0% 55.0% 58.9% 46.4% 2021 5/5 0.6 1.8 73.5% 58.6% 50.3% 59.8% 61.3% 56.2% 44.6%
30 2025 28/41 1.5 2.5 71.0% 59.9% 43.6% 49.3% 51.1% 55.4% 39.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2026 30/30 1.6 2.0 70.5% 58.9% 46.2% 54.1% 47.0% 55.2% 44.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 493/534 1.3 2.3 68.6% 60.5% 46.9% 51.7% 49.6% 56.2% 44.5% — 181/200 0.5 2.5 70.6% 55.3% 45.2% 50.0% 49.6% 52.2% 43.2%

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 Yulia Putintseva Kurumi Nara
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
15 2010 1490 97.2 +0.63 -0.74 0.656 40.0% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2012 1490 100.8 -0.19 -0.11 0.870 46.8% — — — 33.3% -1.67 — — — -0.09 2009 1513 103.3 -1.75 -1.06 0.713 41.9% — — — 40.0% -1.40 1–0 1–0 — -0.11
18 2013 1509 122.8 -0.51 -0.15 0.936 48.7% +19 +40 +9 33.3% -0.85 2–3 (40%) 1–5 (17%) 95.7 -0.80 2010 1476 98.7 -4.37 -1.09 0.701 41.1% +12 — — 22.2% -2.50 0–2 1–0 — -0.12
19 2014 1554 119.1 -1.23 -0.32 0.913 48.3% 0 +24 — 43.5% -1.09 1–2 (33%) 3–0 (100%) 102.5 -0.17 2011 1457 101.1 -2.94 -3.05 0.705 42.2% +14 — — 27.3% -2.09 0–1 0–1 — -0.07
20 2015 1521 113.7 -1.66 -1.36 0.924 48.1% -46 +102 — 36.7% -0.77 4–4 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 98.9 +0.11 2012 1438 97.8 -2.77 -1.44 0.865 46.7% +5 — — 33.3% -1.33 0–1 — — +0.46
21 2016 1656 137.1 +0.36 +2.58 1.071 51.5% -42 +126 -119 51.8% +0.15 8–7 (53%) 7–7 (50%) 103.1 +0.18 2013 1506 115.4 -0.68 +0.75 1.017 50.5% +3 — — 48.0% 0.00 1–2 (33%) 3–1 (75%) 101.8 +0.12
22 2017 1606 124.2 -1.52 +0.93 0.975 49.4% +11 +140 -128 41.2% -0.74 7–8 (47%) 6–2 (75%) 102.3 +0.67 2014 1651 131.7 -2.79 +0.83 0.929 48.5% -9 -46 -88 47.8% -0.22 6–4 (60%) 4–4 (50%) 103.8 -0.56
23 2018 1656 123.1 -1.00 +0.88 0.990 49.7% -28 +80 -146 49.5% -0.07 6–7 (46%) 4–6 (40%) 97.9 +0.84 2015 1586 116.1 -2.70 -1.45 0.888 48.0% +11 +13 -7 46.3% -0.40 7–8 (47%) 8–5 (62%) 101.2 +1.34
24 2019 1764 143.1 +0.18 +1.48 1.026 50.6% -45 +52 -186 53.8% +0.28 10–9 (53%) 8–7 (53%) 102.2 -0.93 2016 1603 118.7 -1.87 +0.71 0.980 49.6% +51 -63 -72 46.3% -0.24 4–3 (57%) 2–5 (29%) 97.2 +1.36
25 2020 1838 137.2 -0.85 +1.84 1.013 50.3% -41 +5 — 56.1% +0.53 7–2 (78%) 1–4 (20%) 103.4 +0.51 2017 1577 120.0 -3.47 +1.47 0.945 48.6% +17 — -61 41.0% -0.61 4–5 (44%) 1–2 (33%) 99.0 +0.49
26 2021 1808 137.8 +1.20 +2.65 1.098 51.8% -16 +31 — 57.9% +0.66 9–12 (43%) 7–4 (64%) 96.2 +0.54 2018 1486 120.2 -1.58 -0.63 0.856 46.7% +12 — +28 17.6% -1.62 0–6 (0%) 1–1 — -0.93
27 2022 1741 133.0 +0.13 +0.85 1.028 50.6% -18 +119 -198 48.8% +0.07 7–5 (58%) 3–1 (75%) 102.8 +0.49 2019 1566 112.7 -4.94 -1.67 0.762 44.4% -3 — — 50.0% +0.17 2–0 0–1 — +0.08
28 2023 1749 136.8 -0.38 +1.09 1.031 50.7% 0 +61 — 52.5% +0.28 7–10 (41%) 7–10 (41%) 95.4 -0.65 2020 1559 96.2 +1.91 -1.68 0.474 33.3% — — — 0.0% -5.50 — — — +0.07
29 2024 1934 154.1 +2.34 +3.48 1.129 52.6% -78 -30 -86 61.2% +0.84 13–8 (62%) 7–6 (54%) 106.6 -2.42 2021 1513 106.6 -0.17 -2.31 1.020 51.1% — +69 — 58.3% +0.42 1–1 0–1 — +0.54
30 2025 1740 136.4 -1.20 -2.42 0.889 47.5% +21 +86 -34 37.8% -0.66 4–4 (50%) 6–9 (40%) 96.6 +0.56 2022 1500 104.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2026 1738 137.7 -1.35 +1.09 0.982 49.5% +33 +89 — 48.6% -0.15 6–8 (43%) 4–4 (50%) 98.4 -1.33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1991 141.3 -0.13 +1.27 1.017 50.3% -21 +72 -111 49.6% +0.02 91–89 (51%) 66–69 (49%) 100.3 -0.48 — 1700 121.9 -2.51 -0.03 0.906 47.9% +14 -23 -39 42.2% -0.58 26–33 (44%) 21–21 (50%) 98.6 +1.34

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.