Petra Martic and Elena Rybakina will square off in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.72
Petra Martic -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Elena Rybakina
There is no head to head record between Petra Martic and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Petra Martic
Ranked no. 15, Petra got to the semifinal after defeating Su-Wei Hsieh 6-4 6-3, Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-3 and Anett Kontaveit 7-64 6-1.
In the quarter, Martic had a good straight sets win against Kontaveit (7-64 6-1). During the match Martic scored 82 points vs Kontaveit’s 68. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Martic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Petra Martic lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Martic put 61% of her first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Petra broke Kontaveit 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Martic has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (495-370). 5-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martic has a 188-137 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Petra has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Petra lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-3 to Katerina Siniakova.
Elena Rybakina
Ranked no. 19 (career high), Elena got to the semifinal after beating Sofia Kenin 6-72 6-3 6-3, Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-3 and Karolina Pliskova 7-61 6-3.
In the quarter, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (7-61 6-3). During the match Rybakina scored 89 points vs Pliskova’s 75. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina blasted 11 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve once and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 47% of her first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (24/51) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Pliskova twice after converting 25% of her break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rybakina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Rybakina has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 71% of her matches (250-102). 14-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has a 139-63 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was managing to win the title in Hobart where she overcame Shuai Zhang in the final 7-6(7) 6-3.
Elena has a 18-3 win-loss record in 2020, 14-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Rybakina didn’t compete in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martic | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 71 |
| Pts | 237-196 | 255-213 |
| Total Points | 433 | 468 |
| Winners | 91 | 96 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Martic and Rybakina played 3 matches. At the moment, Elena Rybakina dropped 1 set while Petra Martic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Martic has played 1 sets less than Rybakina (6 vs 7). Therefore, Martic played 14 games less than Rybakina. Martic scored 91 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani blasted 96 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martic | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 143/246 | 135/246 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 91/143 | 96/135 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 56/103 | 60/111 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 54% |
Martic blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Rybakina blasted 22 aces (7.3 per match). Martic won 64% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 71% points on 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 | Martic | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 11/25 |
| % Converted | 57% | 44% |
| Conceded | 31 | 23 |
| Saved | 26 | 19 |
| % Saved | 84% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The Croatian broke her opponents 13 times with 57% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 84% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 11 times with 44% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Martic | |||||
| R1 Hsieh |
R2 Strycova |
1/4 Kontaveit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 82-66 | 82-68 | 237-196 | |
| Total points | 135 | 148 | 150 | 433 | |
| Winners | 26 | 33 | 32 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 44/82 | 48/80 | 51/84 | 143/246 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 33/48 | 32/51 | 91/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 69% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 17/32 | 21/33 | 56/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 53% | 64% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 44% | 43% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 11 | 7 | 31 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 10/11 | 6/7 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 91% | 86% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 67 | |
| Rybakina | |||||
| R1 Kenin |
R2 Siniakova |
1/4 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 | 22 | 71 | |
| pts | 102-94 | 64-44 | 89-75 | 255-213 | |
| Total points | 196 | 108 | 164 | 468 | |
| Winners | 35 | 25 | 36 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/94 | 36/56 | 45/96 | 135/246 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 64% | 47% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 25/36 | 36/45 | 96/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 69% | 80% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 10/20 | 24/51 | 60/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/7 | 2/8 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 71% | 25% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/8 | 9/10 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 90% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Jennifer BradyBrady (2-0) – See H2H details
- Petra MarticMartic – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
