Elina Svitolina and Ekaterina Alexandrova will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.41
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 5, the Ukrainian reached the 3rd round after beating Varvara Gracheva 7-62 6-4 and Renata Zarazua 6-3 0-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Elina defeated Zarazua (6-3 0-6 6-2). During the match Svitolina scored 73 points vs Zarazua’s 68. Elina was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina managed to score 2 aces and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 66% of her first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Svitolina broke Zarazua 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (393-195). 8-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Svitolina has a 97-51 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Monterrey where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 7-5 4-6 6-4 and in Strasbourg where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 6-4 1-6 6-2.
The Ukrainian has a 19-7 win-loss record in 2020, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Elina capitulated in the 3rd round to Garbine Muguruza.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 31, Alexandrova got to the 3rd round after defeating Maddison Inglis 6-3 6-3 and Astra Sharma 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Sharma (6-3 6-3). During the match Alexandrova scored 61 points vs Sharma’s 40. Ekaterina was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova was quite efficent on serve to win 86% (24/28) of her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandrova broke Sharma 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Shenzhen where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
Alexandrova has a 17-9 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Russian lost in the 3rd round to Aliona Bolsova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 36 |
| Pts | 150-137 | 131-94 |
| Total Points | 287 | 225 |
| Winners | 55 | 47 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Svitolina and Alexandrova played 2 matches. At the moment, Elina Svitolina lost 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Svitolina has played 1 set more than Alexandrova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Svitolina played 10 games more than Alexandrova. Elina scored 55 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 47 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 91/147 | 68/114 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 55/91 | 47/68 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/56 | 27/46 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 59% |
Svitolina struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Alexandrova bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Svitolina won 60% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/21 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 62% | 75% |
| Conceded | 27 | 10 |
| Saved | 16 | 7 |
| % Saved | 59% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 3 |
Svitolina broke her opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||
| R1 Gracheva |
R2 Zarazua |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 73-68 | 150-137 | |
| Total points | 146 | 141 | 287 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 48/73 | 91/147 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/43 | 29/48 | 55/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 10/25 | 22/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 6/9 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 67% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
| Saved | 7/13 | 9/14 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 54% | 64% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Inglis |
R2 Sharma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 61-40 | 131-94 | |
| Total points | 124 | 101 | 225 | |
| Winners | 23 | 24 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 28/49 | 68/114 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 57% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/40 | 24/28 | 47/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 86% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 13/21 | 27/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/4 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | – | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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