Elina Svitolina and Svetlana Kuznetsova will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7 pm on Campo Pietrangeli. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.58
Svetlana Kuznetsova -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
This will be the 5th time that Elina Svitolina and Svetlana Kuznetsova fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 7-61 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2018.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, Svitolina reached the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Svitolina had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (6-3 7-64). During the match Svitolina scored 82 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 75. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina scored 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 51% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Pavlyuchenkova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (386-194). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a 90-50 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Monterrey where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 7-5 4-6 6-4.
Elina has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Elina lost in the 2nd round to Victoria Azarenka.
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ranked no. 38, Svetlana got to the 2nd round after beating Bernarda Pera 3-6 7-63 6-3 and Anett Kontaveit 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Kontaveit, Svetlana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Kuznetsova scored 121 points vs Kontaveit’s 113. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuznetsova struck 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Svetlana Kuznetsova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kuznetsova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 66% (56/85) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kontaveit 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Doha.
Kuznetsova has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Kuznetsova didn’t play in Rome in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 62 |
| Pts | 82-75 | 217-202 |
| Total Points | 157 | 419 |
| Winners | 32 | 88 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Svitolina played 1 match while Kuznetsova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost 2 sets while Elina Svitolina hasn’t dropped a set so far. Svitolina has played 4 set(s) less than Kuznetsova (2 vs 6). Therefore, Svitolina played 40 games less than Kuznetsova. Svitolina scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 88 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 47/92 | 135/213 |
| %1st in | 51% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 88/135 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 21/45 | 30/78 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 38% |
Svitolina recorded 4 aces . Kuznetsova made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Svitolina won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsova won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 50% | 54% |
| Conceded | 10 | 27 |
| Saved | 7 | 16 |
| % Saved | 70% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 11 |
Elina broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Elina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Svetlana broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Svetlana conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||
| R2 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-75 | 82-75 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/92 | 47/92 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/45 | 21/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kuznetsova | ||||
| R1 Pera |
R2 Kontaveit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| pts | 96-89 | 121-113 | 217-202 | |
| Total points | 185 | 234 | 419 | |
| Winners | 32 | 56 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 85/122 | 135/213 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 56/85 | 88/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 66% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/41 | 15/37 | 30/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 41% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 6/10 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
| Saved | 6/13 | 10/14 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 46% | 71% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Rome
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Shuko Aoyama/Ena ShibaharaAoyama/Ena Shibahara – Simona Halep/Monica NiculescuHalep/Monica Niculescu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Cori GauffGauff (7-63 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (4-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (4-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Johanna KontaKonta (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Polona HercogHercog – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
