Elina Svitolina and Rebecca Peterson will fight against each other in the semifinal of the WTA Chicago Women’s Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.27
Rebecca Peterson -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Rebecca Peterson
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Rebecca Peterson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, Elina reached the semifinal after defeating Clara Burel 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret., Fiona Ferro 6-4 6-4 and Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-0.
In the quarter, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-1 6-0). During the match, Svitolina scored 55 points vs Mladenovic’s 27. Elina was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina blasted 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elina Svitolina conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 64% of her first serves in, win 89% (24/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Mladenovic 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (378-193). 21-9 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svitolina has a compiled 228-105 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Elina’s best result of the year was reaching the bronze in Tokyo.
Elina has an overall 31-16 win-loss record in 2021, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chicago
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Rebecca Peterson
Ranked no. 59, Peterson reached the semifinal after beating Marie Bouzkova 7-69 7-66, Viktorija Golubic 7-65 6-3 and Tereza Martincova 6-74 6-2 4-1 ret..
In the quarter against Martincova, Peterson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 4-1 ret.). During the match Peterson scored 95 points vs Martincova’s 77. Peterson was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Peterson fired 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Rebecca Peterson lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Peterson put 59% of her first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Rebecca broke Martincova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swede started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 51% of the points she played.
Peterson’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Bastad.
Rebecca has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2021, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Peterson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 74 |
| Pts | 196-141 | 263-237 |
| Total Points | 337 | 500 |
| Winners | 68 | 101 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Svitolina and Peterson played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina lost 1 set, while Rebecca Peterson dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Svitolina and Peterson have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Svitolina played 20 games less than Peterson. The Ukrainian scored 68 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Swede fired 101 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Peterson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 98/174 | 151/254 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 68/98 | 101/151 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 39/76 | 54/103 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 52% |
Svitolina managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Peterson managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Svitolina won 69% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Peterson won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Peterson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 12 |
| Converted | 17/27 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 63% | 43% |
| Conceded | 18 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 56% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 7 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. Elina dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Rebecca broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Peterson conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||||
| R1 Burel |
R2 Ferro |
1/4 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 13 | 54 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 69-61 | 55-27 | 196-141 | |
| Total points | 125 | 130 | 82 | 337 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 24 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 32% | 44% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 39/69 | 27/42 | 98/174 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 57% | 64% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/39 | 24/27 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 56% | 89% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/30 | 7/15 | 39/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/10 | 5/8 | 17/27 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | – | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Peterson | |||||
| R1 Bouzkova |
R2 Golubic |
1/4 Martincova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 7-66 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-74 6-2 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 22 | 26 | 74 | |
| pts | 94-95 | 74-65 | 95-77 | 263-237 | |
| Total points | 189 | 139 | 172 | 500 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 40 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 37/62 | 56/95 | 151/254 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/58 | 30/37 | 40/56 | 101/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 81% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 13/25 | 19/39 | 54/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 52% | 49% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/11 | 5/6 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 27% | 83% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 9 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 1/2 | 7/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 50% | 78% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
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