H2H. Elena Rybakina vs Greetje Minnen | Australian Open prediction, odds, preview, pick

Melbourne. Rybakina and Minnen will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Greetje Minnen

Elena Rybakina and Greetje Minnen will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3 pm (est) on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.30
Greetje Minnen -> 3.50

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Greetje Minnen

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Greetje Minnen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 26 (career high), Elena got to the 2nd round after defeating Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Pera (6-3 6-2). During the match Rybakina scored 63 points vs Pera’s 43. Elena was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Rybakina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Elena Rybakina was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Pera 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Rybakina has a losing win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 30% of her matches (141-59). 10-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rybakina has a 73-35 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Hobart where she overcame Shuai Zhang in the final 7-6(7) 6-3.

The Kazakhstani has a 10-1 win-loss record in 2020, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Rybakina lost in the qualifications 6-2 6-4 to Lin Zhu.

Greetje Minnen

Ranked no. 119, Greetje got to the 2nd round after defeating Kaylah Mcphee 6-3 2-6 6-3, Fang Ying Xun 6-3 6-1, Barbara Haas 6-2 6-1 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-63 4-6 7-5.

In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Sasnovich (7-63 4-6 7-5). During the match Minnen scored 117 points vs Sasnovich’s 111. Greetje was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Minnen blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 61% of her first serves in, winning 64% (45/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (26/44) on the 2nd serve. Greetje broke Sasnovich 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Minnen has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 72% of her matches (123-48). 7-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Minnen has a 41-22 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Minnen has a 7-1 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Minnen didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rybakina Minnen
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 2 10
Tot Games 17 92
Pts 63-43 343-292
Total Points 106 635
Winners 26 123
%Winners 41% 36%

Rybakina played 1 match while Minnen competed in 4 matches. Minnen started her run from the qualifications while Rybakina had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Greetje Minnen dropped 2 sets while Elena Rybakina hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rybakina has played 8 sets less than Minnen (2 vs 10). Therefore, Rybakina played 75 games less than Minnen. Rybakina scored 26 winners (41% on total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 123 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rybakina Minnen
Aces 1 11
Avg per match 1 2.8
1st in 30/50 180/300
%1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 26/30 123/180
%1st pts 87% 68%
2nd pts 11/20 65/120
%2nd pts 55% 54%

Rybakina blasted 1 ace (1 per match). Minnen also blasted 11 aces (2.8 per match). Rybakina won 87% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Minnen won 68% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rybakina Minnen
Won 3 19
Converted 3/5 19/40
% Converted 60% 48%
Conceded 0 28
Saved 0 19
% Saved NAN% 68%
Times Broken 0 9

Rybakina broke her opponent 3 times with 60% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Belgian broke her opponents 19 times with 48% conversion rate. Greetje conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
R1
Pera
Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-43 63-43
Total points 106 106
Winners 26 26
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 30/50 30/50
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 26/30 26/30
% 1st pts 87% 87%
2nd pts 11/20 11/20
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Minnen
Q1
Mcphee
Q2
Ying Xun
Q3
Haas
R1
Sasnovich
Total
Score 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-1 7-63 4-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 2 2 3 10
Tot Games 26 16 15 35 92
pts 95-91 69-49 62-41 117-111 343-292
Total points 186 118 103 228 635
Winners 36 16 26 45 123
%Winners 38% 23% 42% 38% 36%
SERVE
Aces 5 0 2 4 11
Double Faults 6 1 4 5 16
1st in 54/90 24/43 32/53 70/114 180/300
% 1st in 60% 56% 60% 61% 60%
1st pts 36/54 16/24 26/32 45/70 123/180
% 1st pts 67% 67% 81% 64% 68%
2nd pts 17/36 14/19 8/21 26/44 65/120
% 2nd pts 47% 74% 38% 59% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5 5 4 19
Converted 5/14 5/10 5/5 4/11 19/40
Converted % 36% 50% 100% 36% 48%
Conceded 13 1 4 10 28
Saved 9 0 4 6 19
Saved % 31% 100% 0% 40% 171%
Times Broken 4 1 0 4 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rybakina
LWWWWWWWLW
Minnen
LWLLWLWLWW
2024 2023 2022
22 - 4
9 - 13
22-4
Hard
8-9
0-0
Clay
1-2

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