Elina Svitolina and Nao Hibino will square off in the quarter of the Thailand Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on GSB CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the 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 -> 1.20
Nao Hibino -> 4.50
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Nao Hibino
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Nao Hibino square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in Hong Kong back in 2018.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 4, Svitolina reached the 2nd round after defeating Bibiane Schoofs 6-2 6-4 and Storm Sanders 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Elina had a good straight sets win against Sanders (6-1 6-2). During the match Svitolina scored 59 points vs Sanders’s 30. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Svitolina blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Elina Svitolina was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of her 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Elina broke Sanders 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (1149-534). 4-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Svitolina has a 286-156 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Ukrainian has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hua Hin
Elina didn’t compete in Hua Hin in 2019.
Nao Hibino
Ranked no. 84, Hibino got to the 2nd round after defeating Arina Rodionova 7-65 7-5 and Peangtarn Plipuech 6-0 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Hibino had a good straight sets win against Plipuech (6-0 6-1). During the match Hibino scored 54 points vs Plipuech’s 26. Nao was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibino blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Nao Hibino was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nao broke Plipuech 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nao hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Hibino has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (564-496). 7-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hibino has a 99-102 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Japanese has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hua Hin
The Japanese didn’t compete in Hua Hin in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 38 |
| Pts | 132-87 | 141-102 |
| Total Points | 219 | 243 |
| Winners | 47 | 57 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Svitolina and Hibino played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svitolina and Hibino have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Svitolina played 5 games less than Hibino. Elina scored 47 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, Hibino blasted 57 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 68/109 | 84/132 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 47/68 | 57/84 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 24/41 | 16/48 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 33% |
Svitolina blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Hibino blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Svitolina won 69% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 13/18 |
| % Converted | 56% | 72% |
| Conceded | 11 | 17 |
| Saved | 8 | 10 |
| % Saved | 73% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponents 10 times with 56% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponents 13 times with 72% conversion rate. Hibino conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||
| R1 Schoofs |
R2 Sanders |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 59-30 | 132-87 | |
| Total points | 130 | 89 | 219 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 28/41 | 68/109 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 23/28 | 47/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 82% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 8/13 | 24/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
| Hibino | ||||
| R1 Rodionova |
R2 Plipuech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 13 | 38 | |
| pts | 87-76 | 54-26 | 141-102 | |
| Total points | 163 | 80 | 243 | |
| Winners | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 57/94 | 27/38 | 84/132 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/57 | 23/27 | 57/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 85% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/37 | 6/11 | 16/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 55% | 33% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/8 | 5/10 | 13/18 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 72% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 0 | 17 | |
| Saved | 10/17 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 59% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 | 250 | |
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