Elina Svitolina and Kristina Mladenovic will square off in the quarter of the WTA Chicago Women’s Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.24
Kristina Mladenovic -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Kristina Mladenovic
This will be the 3rd time that Elina Svitolina and Kristina Mladenovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mladenovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Mladenovic won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Zhengzhou back in 2019.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, Svitolina reached the quarter after defeating Clara Burel 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret. and Fiona Ferro 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Ferro (6-4 6-4). During the match, Svitolina scored 69 points vs Ferro’s 61. Elina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina blasted 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 57% of her first serves in, winning 56% (22/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Ferro 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (377-193). 20-9 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a compiled 227-105 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Elina’s best result of the current year was getting to the bronze in Tokyo.
The Ukrainian has an overall 30-16 win-loss record in 2021, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chicago
Svitolina has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 57, Mladenovic reached the quarter after defeating Zarina Diyas 6-2 7-63 and Francoise Abanda 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Abanda (6-3 6-2). During the match Mladenovic scored 57 points vs Abanda’s 37. Mladenovic was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Mladenovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 74% of her first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Abanda 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The French player has an aggregate 19-23 win-loss record in 2021, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 38 |
| Pts | 141-114 | 149-115 |
| Total Points | 255 | 264 |
| Winners | 44 | 57 |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% |
Both Svitolina and Mladenovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Elina Svitolina conceded 1 set while Kristina Mladenovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Svitolina has played 2 sets more than Mladenovic (6 vs 4). Therefore, Svitolina played 3 games more than Mladenovic. Elina scored 44 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kristina struck 57 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 71/132 | 96/145 |
| %1st in | 54% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 44/71 | 57/96 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 32/61 | 30/49 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 61% |
Svitolina recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Mladenovic recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Svitolina won 62% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mladenovic won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 11 |
| Converted | 12/19 | 11/18 |
| % Converted | 63% | 61% |
| Conceded | 18 | 14 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 56% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Svitolina conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||
| R1 Burel |
R2 Ferro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 69-61 | 141-114 | |
| Total points | 125 | 130 | 255 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 32% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 39/69 | 71/132 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/39 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 56% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/30 | 32/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/10 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Mladenovic | ||||
| R1 Diyas |
R2 Abanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 92-78 | 57-37 | 149-115 | |
| Total points | 170 | 94 | 264 | |
| Winners | 36 | 21 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 64/102 | 32/43 | 96/145 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/64 | 21/32 | 57/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 66% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/38 | 5/11 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 45% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 7/8 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 88% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 1/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 25% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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