Kazakhstan · WTA
Zhibek Kulambayeva
No. 473 117 pts
Right now
Zhibek Kulambayeva faces Mai Hontama in the Chennai round of 16 on Thursday 5 November. Kulambayeva has won her last three matches after successfully qualifying and then winning her opening main-draw match against Mei Yamaguchi on Tuesday 3 November.
Next match
Opponent, time and what people predict.
Zhibek Kulambayeva 19%
Mai Hontama 81%
as of 4 Nov, 18:43 UTC · match page ›
World ranking
No. 473
Down 4 places since 26 Oct
2026 season
23–16
Last 5 matches
L L W W W
Career titles
1
Kulambayeva v Hontama
Next match · Chennai Open
We give Kulambayeva 10 points more than the market.
Zhibek Kulambayeva's level has held up better this season.
Show the numbers
2026 record
23 wins 16 losses
Wins 59% of her matches
Titles and finals
Hard Best surface 75%
of matches won · 3 wins, 1 loss 
Clay Most matches 57%
of matches won · 20 wins, 15 losses In plain words
Tournament run i
Kulambayeva’s road through Chennai Open.
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Qualifying semi-finals Won
Z. Kulambayeva 66
Y. Kotliar 23
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Qualifying final Champion
Z. Kulambayeva 367
M. Yamaguchi 636
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Round of 32 Won
Z. Kulambayeva 67
M. Yamaguchi 45
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Round of 16 Up next
Z. Kulambayeva
5 Nov
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Serve and return i
Kulambayeva this season, 14 matches with statistics, next to the tour average.
Serve points
Kulambayeva Tour
Aces per match 0.6 2.7
Double faults 3.2 3.5
1st serve points won 56% 65%
2nd serve points won 41% 46%
Games and break points
Kulambayeva Tour
Service games held 56% 68%
Break points saved 51% 56%
Return games won 47% 37%
Break points converted 51% 46%
The tick on each bar is the median of the WTA top 100 this season. Green: clearly ahead of the tour.
Career i
Kulambayeva’s year-end ranking, season by season, from the first year on tour to now.
Results i
Every singles result, newest first, with the chance people gave her before the match.
| Result | Opponent | Score | People gave |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | Mei Yamaguchi | 6-47-5 | |
| W | Mei Yamaguchi | 3-66-37-6 | |
| W |  Yelyzaveta Kotliar | 6-26-3 | |
| L |  Francisca Jorge | 6-42-63-6 | |
| L | Malaika Rapolu | 3-62-6 | |
| L |  Elizara Yaneva | 3-66-34-6 | |
| W |  Radka Zelnickova | 6-46-4 | |
| L |  Giorgia Pedone | 1-63-6 |
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| L |  Mia Ristic | 4-62-6 | |
| W |  Zongyu Li | 4-66-36-0 | |
| L |  Andrea Lazaro Garcia | 3-65-7 | |
| L |  Leyre Romero Gormaz | 1-64-6 | |
| W |  Lisa Zaar | 7-66-3 | |
| L | Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur | 3-61-6 | |
| W |  Nuria Brancaccio | 2-66-16-4 | |
| L | Anouck Vrancken Peeters | 3-66-41-6 | |
| W | Aran Teixido Garcia | 6-46-1 | |
| W |  Tilwith Di Girolami | 6-46-2 | |
| L | Selena Janicijevic | 3-63-6 | |
| W | Valeriia Artemeva | 6-26-2 | |
| W | Laura Hietaranta | 4-66-26-1 | |
| L |  Alevtina Ibragimova | 1-65-7 | |
| L |  Anastasia Zolotareva | 5-73-6 | |
| L | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 1-64-6 | |
| W | Nicole Fossa Huergo | 6-16-4 | |
| L |  Xiyu Wang | 3-64-6 | |
| W | Meiqi Guo | 6-17-6 | |
| W | Shiyu Ye | 6-26-2 |
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