World No. 484 Zhibek Kulambayeva is 26 and plays right-handed. Career best: No. 292 in the world. On clay the record reads 18-13, well ahead of 0-1 on the other surfaces. Twelve-month serve numbers: 78.4% of first serves in, 56% of those points won. A real threat on return: 182.9% of break points are converted. 216.1% of service games held: breaking this serve is hard.

A difficult stretch: 4 of the last 5 matches lost. Open any of these matches for BananaCore's pick, a predicted scoreline and the serve and return figures behind them. Latest tournament on record: WTA Caldas da Rainha Portugal Qualifying.

Serving and returning

1st serves in

74.9%

Won on 1st serve

55.9%

Won on 2nd serve

50%

Aces per match

0.4

Double faults per match

2.7

Break points saved

43.5%

Return games won

131.3%

Points won on return

47.1%

Service points won

190.2%

All points won

79.1%

Career Past 12 months

Titles

Finals

Semi-final runs

Tournaments played

Results by tournament 1 title

ITF W15 Nagpur Women ITF Winner ITF W15 Ch. Sambhaji Nagar Women ITF Semi-Finals ITF W35 Amstelveen Women ITF Quarter-Finals ITF W50 Haskovo Women ITF Quarter-Finals Antalya 4, Turkiye WTA 125 Round of 16 ITF W50 Baotou Women ITF Round of 16 ITF W75 Kursumlijska Banja 2 Women ITF Round of 16 ITF W75 The Hague Women ITF Round of 16 Huzhou, China WTA 125 Round of 32 Parma, Italy WTA 125 Round of 32 ITF W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas Women ITF Round of 32 ITF W50 Kursumlijska Banja Women ITF Round of 32 ITF W75 Kursumlijska Banja Women ITF Round of 32 Iasi WTA Qualifying Rabat WTA Qualifying ITF W50 Gdansk Women ITF Qualifying ITF W75 Kursumlijska Banja 3 Women ITF Qualifying

Sorted by best result, not by date

Year by year

2026

2026in progress

2–3

W–L

Matches

1–0

Tiebreaks

0.8

Aces per match

Double faults per match

1st serves in 78.3%

Won on 1st serve 55%

Won on 2nd serve 42.7%

Break points converted 45.5%

Break points saved 60%

2025

1–1

W–L

Matches

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Tiebreaks

Aces per match

2.5

Double faults per match

1st serves in 79.5%

Won on 1st serve 54.6%

Won on 2nd serve 20%

Break points converted 47.1%

Break points saved 50%

2024

2–4

W–L

Matches

0–1

Tiebreaks

0.3

Aces per match

Double faults per match

1st serves in 73%

Won on 1st serve 55.4%

Won on 2nd serve 45.6%

Break points converted 59%

Break points saved 56.1%

2023

0–1

W–L

Matches

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Tiebreaks

Aces per match

Double faults per match

1st serves in 61.5%

Won on 1st serve 43.8%

Won on 2nd serve 35%

Break points converted 37.5%

Break points saved 40%

Official singles figures for this season, as published by the tour. Don't expect the wins and losses to match our Predictions tab: that record covers only the matches we forecast. A dash marks a figure with no data yet.

Common questions

How often do our calls on Zhibek Kulambayeva come true?

24 of our 32 graded predictions on Zhibek Kulambayeva's matches were right, 75%. The latest 20 are listed below, each pick next to its result.