Zeynep Sonmez vs Yulia Putintseva predictions, Jan 22, 2026

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As the WTA Australian Open approaches, a compelling matchup is set for January 22, 2026, featuring Zeynep Sonmez facing off against Yulia Putintseva. Both players arrive at this contest with impressive recent performances. Sonmez has been in remarkable form, securing victories in all of her last five matches. Her aggressive play style, characterized by powerful baseline strikes and adept court coverage, makes her a formidable opponent, particularly on home soil.

On the other hand, Putintseva has also demonstrated strong form, winning four of her last five encounters. Known for her tactical acumen and exceptional defensive skills, she excels in exploiting opponents’ weaknesses and extending rallies. This matchup will likely see an intriguing clash of styles, with Sonmez’s offensive prowess pitted against Putintseva’s ability to absorb pressure and counterattack.

The bookmakers have set even odds at 1.9 for both players, indicating a highly competitive contest. Our model predicts a 44.3% chance of a home victory for Sonmez, with a 55.7% likelihood favoring Putintseva. Ultimately, despite the predictions, the outcome remains uncertain, and fans can expect a thrilling and closely contested battle on the court.

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Sonmez 49.9%

Putintseva 50.1%

Prediction (the most likely score): 0:2

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	1	X	2
	1.9		1.9
	1.91		1.91	Watch and Bet
	1.9		1.9
	1.9		1.87

Latest Results

20.01.26 Zeynep Sonmez – Anna Bondar – 2:0 17.01.26 Ekaterina Alexandrova – Zeynep Sonmez – 1:2 14.01.26 Zeynep Sonmez – Anastasia Gasanova – 2:0 13.01.26 Zeynep Sonmez – Julia Riera – 2:0 11.01.26 Zeynep Sonmez – Laura Samsonova – 2:0

20.01.26 Yulia Putintseva – Elsa Jacquemot – 2:0 17.01.26 Yulia Putintseva – Beatriz Haddad Maia – 2:1 14.01.26 Yulia Putintseva – Emma Navarro – 0:2 13.01.26 Yulia Putintseva – Dalma Galfi – 2:0 10.01.26 Marie Bouzkova – Yulia Putintseva – 0:2

Facts

Sonmez is ranked WTA: 112. Putintseva is ranked WTA: 94.

Sonmez has shown excellent form with a series of wins in recent matches (last 5 games: 5 wins).

Putintseva is in great form at the moment (in the last 5 games, wins – 4).

The probability of winning is almost the same for both players in this match.

Recently, there has been no match between the players.

Standings

Draw

Singles – Main

1/64-finals

1	Sabalenka A. (1)	Rakotomanga Rajaonah T. (WC)	2 : 0
2	Pavlyuchenkova A.	Bai Z. (Q)	1 : 2
3	Lamens S.	Potapova A.	1 : 2
4	Sawangkaew M.	Raducanu E. (28)	0 : 2
5	Mboko V. (17)	Jones E. (WC)	2 : 0
6	McNally C.	Sakatsume H. (Q)	2 : 0
7	Kudermetova P.	Maristany G. (Q)	2 : 0
8	Galfi D.	Tauson C. (14)	0 : 2
9	Alexandrova E. (11)	Sonmez Z. (Q)	1 : 2
10	Bondar A.	Mandlik E. (WC)	2 : 0
11	Putintseva Y.	Haddad Maia B.	2 : 1
12	Jacquemot E.	Kostyuk M. (20)	2 : 1
13	Jovic I. (29)	Volynets K.	2 : 0
14	Hon P. (WC)	Stakusic M. (RET.) (Q)	1 : 1
15	Erjavec V.	Frech M.	0 : 2
16	Sasnovich A. (Q)	Paolini J. (7)	0 : 2
17	Gauff C. (3)	Rakhimova K.	2 : 0
18	Danilovic O.	Williams V. (WC)	2 : 1
19	Hunter S. (Q)	Bouzas Maneiro J.	2 : 0
20	Baptiste H.	Townsend T. (LL)	2 : 1
21	Muchova K. (19)	Cristian J.	2 : 0
22	Parks A.	Eala A.	2 : 1
23	Li A.	Osorio C.	2 : 1
24	Linette M.	Navarro E. (15)	2 : 1
25	Svitolina E. (12)	Bucsa C.	2 : 0
26	Klimovicova L. (Q)	Jones F. (RET.)	1 : 0
27	Gibson T. (WC)	Blinkova A.	2 : 0
28	Krejcikova B.	Shnaider D. (23)	1 : 2
29	Yastremska D. (26)	Ruse G.	0 : 2
30	Starodubtseva Y. (Q)	Tomljanovic A.	1 : 2
31	Sakkari M.	Jeanjean L.	2 : 0
32	Vekic D.	Andreeva M. (8)	1 : 2
33	Pegula J. (6)	Zakharova A.	2 : 0
34	Arango E.	Kessler M.	0 : 2
35	Selekhmeteva O.	Seidel E.	2 : 1
36	Diyas Z. (WC)	Badosa P. (25)	0 : 2
37	Fernandez L. (22)	Tjen J.	0 : 2
38	Pliskova Ka.	Stephens S. (Q)	2 : 0
39	Krueger A.	Bejlek S.	2 : 0
40	Oliynykova O.	Keys M. (9)	0 : 2
41	Noskova L. (13)	Semenistaja D.	2 : 0
42	Zhang S.	Preston T. (WC)	1 : 2
43	Wang Xin.	Kalinina A. (Q)	2 : 0
44	Sramkova R.	Ostapenko J. (24)	0 : 2
45	Kenin S. (27)	Stearns P.	0 : 2
46	Marcinko P.	Maria T.	2 : 0
47	Udvardy P.	Siniakova K.	0 : 2
48	Waltert S.	Anisimova A. (4)	0 : 2
49	Rybakina E. (5)	Juvan K.	2 : 0
50	Gracheva V.	Golubic V.	2 : 1
51	Sun L.	Fruhvirtova L. (Q)	0 : 2
52	Valentova T.	Joint M. (30)	2 : 0
53	Mertens E. (21)	Tararudee L. (Q)	2 : 0
54	Sierra S.	Uchijima M.	0 : 2
55	Kasatkina D.	Bartunkova N. (Q)	1 : 2
56	Boulter K.	Bencic B. (10)	0 : 2
57	Osaka N. (16)	Ruzic A.	2 : 1
58	Cirstea S.	Lys E.	2 : 1
59	Inglis M. (Q)	Birrell K.	2 : 1
60	Siegemund L.	Samsonova L. (18)	2 : 1
61	Kalinskaya A. (31)	Kartal S.	2 : 0
62	Grabher J.	Cocciaretto E.	2 : 1
63	Zarazua R.	Bouzkova M.	0 : 2
64	Yuan Y. (Q)	Swiatek I. (2)	0 : 2

1/32-finals

1	Sabalenka A. (1)	Bai Z.	2 : 0
2	Potapova A.	Raducanu E. (28)	2 : 0
3	Mboko V. (17)	McNally C.	2 : 0
4	Kudermetova P.	Tauson C. (14)	1 : 2
5	Sonmez Z.	Bondar A.	2 : 0
6	Putintseva Y.	Jacquemot E.	2 : 0
7	Jovic I. (29)	Hon P.
8	Frech M.	Paolini J. (7)
9	Gauff C. (3)	Danilovic O.	2 : 0
10	Hunter S.	Baptiste H.	0 : 2
11	Muchova K. (19)	Parks A.
12	Li A.	Linette M.
13	Svitolina E. (12)	Klimovicova L.	2 : 0
14	Gibson T.	Shnaider D. (23)	1 : 2
15	Ruse G.	Tomljanovic A.	2 : 0
16	Sakkari M.	Andreeva M. (8)
17	Pegula J. (6)	Kessler M.
18	Selekhmeteva O.	Badosa P. (25)
19	Tjen J.	Pliskova Ka.
20	Krueger A.	Keys M. (9)
21	Noskova L. (13)	Preston T.
22	Wang Xin.	Ostapenko J. (24)
23	Stearns P.	Marcinko P.
24	Siniakova K.	Anisimova A. (4)
25	Rybakina E. (5)	Gracheva V.
26	Fruhvirtova L.	Valentova T.
27	Mertens E. (21)	Uchijima M.
28	Bartunkova N.	Bencic B. (10)
29	Osaka N. (16)	Cirstea S.
30	Inglis M.	Siegemund L.
31	Kalinskaya A. (31)	Grabher J.
32	Bouzkova M.	Swiatek I. (2)

1/16-finals

1	Sabalenka A. (1)	Potapova A.
2	Mboko V. (17)	Tauson C. (14)
3	Sonmez Z.	Putintseva Y.
4	TBD #7	TBD #8
5	Gauff C. (3)	Baptiste H.
6	TBD #11	TBD #12
7	Svitolina E. (12)	Shnaider D. (23)
8	Ruse G.	TBD #16
9	TBD #17	TBD #18
10	TBD #19	TBD #20
11	TBD #21	TBD #22
12	TBD #23	TBD #24
13	TBD #25	TBD #26
14	TBD #27	TBD #28
15	TBD #29	TBD #30
16	TBD #31	TBD #32

1/8-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4
3	TBD #5	TBD #6
4	TBD #7	TBD #8
5	TBD #9	TBD #10
6	TBD #11	TBD #12
7	TBD #13	TBD #14
8	TBD #15	TBD #16

Quarter-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4
3	TBD #5	TBD #6
4	TBD #7	TBD #8

Semi-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4

Final

1

TBD #1

TBD #2

WTA Australian Open Outrights

1. Sabalenka Aryna: 2.5 (26.87%)

2. Swiatek Iga: 6.5 (10.34%)

3. Rybakina Elena: 7 (9.6%)

4. Anisimova Amanda: 7.5 (8.96%)

5. Gauff Coco: 8 (8.4%)

6. Andreeva Mirra: 13 (5.17%)

7. Osaka Naomi: 21 (3.2%)

8. Muchova Karolina: 23 (2.92%)

9. Bencic Belinda: 26 (2.58%)

10. Keys Madison: 26 (2.58%)

11. Pegula Jessica: 26 (2.58%)

12. Mboko Victoria: 29 (2.32%)

13. Paolini Jasmine: 51 (1.32%)

14. Svitolina Elina: 51 (1.32%)

15. Raducanu Emma: 67 (1%)

16. Noskova Linda: 67 (1%)

17. Badosa Paula: 81 (0.83%)

18. Shnaider Diana: 101 (0.67%)

19. Tauson Clara: 101 (0.67%)

20. Jovic Iva: 101 (0.67%)

21. Cirstea Sorana: 201 (0.33%)

22. Kalinskaya Anna: 201 (0.33%)

23. Gibson Talia: 251 (0.27%)

24. Mertens Elise: 251 (0.27%)

25. Ostapenko Jelena: 251 (0.27%)

26. Sonmez Zeynep: 251 (0.27%)

27. Valentova Tereza: 301 (0.22%)

28. Sakkari Maria: 301 (0.22%)

29. Parks Alycia: 501 (0.13%)

30. Bondar Anna: 501 (0.13%)

31. Potapova Anastasia: 501 (0.13%)

32. Ruse Elena Gabriela: 501 (0.13%)

33. Gracheva Varvara: 501 (0.13%)

34. Jacquemot Elsa: 501 (0.13%)

35. Linette Magda: 501 (0.13%)

36. Frech Magdalena: 501 (0.13%)

37. Bouzkova Marie: 501 (0.13%)

38. Pliskova Karolina: 501 (0.13%)

39. Stearns Peyton: 501 (0.13%)

40. Selekhmeteva Oksana: 501 (0.13%)

41. Tomljanovic Ajla: 501 (0.13%)

42. Preston Taylah: 501 (0.13%)

43. Putintseva Yulia: 501 (0.13%)

44. Tjen Janice: 501 (0.13%)

45. Hon Priscilla: 501 (0.13%)

46. Kessler McCartney: 501 (0.13%)

47. Siniakova Katerina: 501 (0.13%)

48. Baptiste Hailey: 501 (0.13%)

49. Grabher Julia: 501 (0.13%)

50. Siegemund Laura: 501 (0.13%)

51. Li Ann: 501 (0.13%)

52. Uchijima Moyuka: 501 (0.13%)

53. Krueger Ashlyn: 501 (0.13%)

54. McNally Caty: 501 (0.13%)

55. Marcinko Petra: 501 (0.13%)

56. Kudermetova Polina: 501 (0.13%)

57. Danilovic Olga: 501 (0.13%)

58. Wang Xinyu (2001): 501 (0.13%)

59. Fruhvirtova Linda: 501 (0.13%)

60. Inglis Maddison: 501 (0.13%)

61. Bartunkova Nikola: 501 (0.13%)

62. Hunter Storm: 501 (0.13%)

63. Klimovicova Linda: 501 (0.13%)

64. Bai Zhuoxuan: 501 (0.13%)

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