Elina Svitolina and Xiyu Wang will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 10. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.22
Xiyu Wang -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Xiyu Wang
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Xiyu Wang face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Auckland back in 2024.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs Xiyu Wang – Auckland 06-January-2024
Elina Svitolina
42 - 12win/loss
7
3
LWWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48-16 | 31-9 | 13-3 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-15 | 14-8 | 18-3 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-18 | 16-9 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-12 | 4-3 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, Svitolina reached the 3rd round after defeating Tereza Valentova 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Valentova, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-0). During the match, Svitolina scored 110 points vs Valentova’s 98. Elina was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina scored 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 5 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 64% of her first serves in, winning 63% (44/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Valentova 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
WTA Cincinnati - Elina Svitolina's projected path
Svitolina has a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (332-145). 26-7 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a compiled 188-84 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Auckland where she beat Xinyu Wang in the final 6-3 7-6(6) and in Rome where she defeated Cori Gauff in the final 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2.
Elina has a compiled 42-12 win-loss record in 2026, 26-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See her history.
Xiyu Wang
36 - 8win/loss
85
49
LWWLWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-10 | 9-5 | 18-4 | 10-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 21-18 | 17-11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-30 | 18-19 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 17-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 15-10 | 23-11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, Xiyu got to the 3rd round after defeating Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-0 6-4, Polina Kudermetova 6-3 6-2, Maria Timofeeva 6-0 3-0 ret. and Leylah Annie Fernandez 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Annie Fernandez, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Wang scored 75 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 65. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Wang fired 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Xiyu Wang lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 70% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Annie Fernandez 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Wang started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
WTA Cincinnati - Xiyu Wang's projected path
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W35 Maanshan where she overcame Kristiana Sidorova in the final 6-4 7-5 and the W50 Maanshan where she overcame Hanyu Guo in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and the W50 Baotou where she beat Anastasia Zolotareva in the final 6-2 6-3.
Wang has an overall 36-8 win-loss record in 2026, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 67 |
| Pts | 110-98 | 244-165 |
| Total Points | 208 | 409 |
| Winners | 44 | 101 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Svitolina played 1 match while Wang competed in 4 matches. Wang started her run from the qualifications while Svitolina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina conceded 1 set, while Xiyu Wang surrendered 1 set. Svitolina has played 7 set(s) less than Wang (3 vs 10). Therefore, Svitolina played 39 games less than Wang. Svitolina scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Xiyu managed to score 101 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 70/109 | 144/209 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 44/70 | 101/144 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 30/65 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 46% |
Svitolina blasted 6 aces . Wang fired 5 aces (1.3 per match). Svitolina won 63% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 21 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 21/38 |
| % Converted | 50% | 55% |
| Conceded | 15 | 19 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Svitolina broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Xiyu broke her opponents 21 times with a 55% conversion rate. Xiyu conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||
| R2 Valentova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 110-98 | 110-98 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/109 | 70/109 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/70 | 44/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 16/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Wang | ||||||
| Q1 Andreescu |
Q3 Kudermetova |
R1 Timofeeva |
R2 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 3-0 ret. | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 67 | |
| pts | 65-39 | 60-39 | 44-22 | 75-65 | 244-165 | |
| Total points | 104 | 99 | 66 | 140 | 409 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 48% | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/45 | 35/55 | 28/43 | 46/66 | 144/209 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 64% | 65% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 29/35 | 19/28 | 30/46 | 101/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 83% | 68% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/10 | 8/20 | 8/15 | 11/20 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 40% | 53% | 55% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 4/4 | 4/9 | 6/9 | 21/38 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 100% | 44% | 67% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 2/3 | 7/7 | 3/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 100% | 50% | 217% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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