H2H, PREDICTION Sofia Kenin vs Iga Swiatek | French Open odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Paris. Kenin and Swiatek will fight against each other in the final of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

Mark Hall

9 October 2020

Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Iga Swiatek

Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek will face off in the final of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER . 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.67
Sofia Kenin -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Iga Swiatek

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 6, Sofia got to the final after beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 3-6 6-3, Ana Bogdan 3-6 6-3 6-2, Irina Maria Bara 6-2 6-0, Fiona Ferro 2-6 6-2 6-1, Danielle Rose Collins 6-4 4-6 6-0 and Petra Kvitova 6-4 7-5.

In the semifinal, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Kvitova (6-4 7-5). During the match Kenin scored 75 points vs Kvitova’s 71. The American was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kenin struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve twice and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Kvitova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kenin has lost 4 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Kenin has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (226-125). 6-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has a 61-40 record in the last 7 years on clay.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where she defeated Garbine Muguruza in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in Lyon where she beat Anna-Lena Friedsam in the final 6-2 4-6 6-4.

The American has a 24-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Kenin lost in the 4^th round to Ashleigh Barty.

Iga Swiatek

Ranked no. 54, Swiatek got to the final after defeating Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-2, Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1 6-4, Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-2, Simona Halep 6-1 6-2, Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-1 and Nadia Podoroska 6-2 6-1.

In the semifinal, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Podoroska (6-2 6-1). During the match Swiatek scored 61 points vs Podoroska’s 34. Iga was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Swiatek was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Iga Swiatek lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 53% of her first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Podoroska 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Swiatek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.

Iga’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals at the French Open .

Iga has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

The Pole lost in the 4^th round to Simona Halep.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kenin	Swiatek
Match played	6	6
Tot Set	16	12
Tot Games	139	95
Pts	503-419	371-245
Total Points	922	616
Winners	204	112
%Winners	41%	30%

Both Kenin and Swiatek played 6 matches. At the moment, Sofia Kenin lost 4 sets while Iga Swiatek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kenin has played 4 sets more than Swiatek (16 vs 12). Therefore, Kenin played 44 games more than Swiatek. Sofia scored 204 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Swiatek recorded 112 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kenin	Swiatek
Aces	6	3
Avg per match	1	0.5
1st in	310/469	167/288
%1st in	66%	58%
1st pts	204/310	112/167
%1st pts	66%	67%
2nd pts	73/159	76/121
%2nd pts	46%	63%

Kenin managed to score 6 aces (1 per match). Swiatek managed to score 3 aces (0.5 per match). Kenin won 66% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Swiatek won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kenin	Swiatek
Won	34	32
Converted	34/59	32/72
% Converted	58%	44%
Conceded	58	24
Saved	40	15
% Saved	69%	63%
Times Broken	18	9

The American broke her opponents 34 times with a 58% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 18 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. Swiatek broke her opponents 32 times with a 44% conversion rate. Swiatek conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

	R1 Samsonova	R2 Bogdan	R3 Maria Bara	R4 Ferro	1/4 Collins	1/2 Kvitova	Total
Kenin
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3	3-6 6-3 6-2	6-2 6-0	2-6 6-2 6-1	6-4 4-6 6-0	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	3	2	16
Tot Games	28	26	14	23	26	22	139
pts	87-89	86-72	71-48	90-68	94-71	75-71	503-419
Total points	176	158	119	158	165	146	922
Winners	30	34	32	30	40	38	204
%Winners	34%	40%	45%	33%	43%	51%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	2	1	3	6
Double Faults	4	3	4	3	4	3	21
1st in	51/84	49/79	51/69	49/73	53/81	57/83	310/469
% 1st in	61%	62%	74%	67%	65%	69%	66%
1st pts	30/51	34/49	32/51	30/49	40/53	38/57	204/310
% 1st pts	59%	69%	63%	61%	75%	67%	66%
2nd pts	15/33	14/30	7/18	13/24	13/28	11/26	73/159
% 2nd pts	45%	47%	39%	54%	46%	42%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6	6	7	5	4	34
Converted	6/13	6/10	6/9	7/13	5/9	4/5	34/59
Converted %	46%	60%	67%	54%	56%	80%	58%
Conceded	8	13	11	6	8	12	58
Saved	3/8	9/13	10/11	2/6	6/8	10/12	40
Saved %	38%	69%	91%	33%	75%	83%	65%
Times Broken	5	4	1	4	2	2	18

	R1 Vondrousova	R2 Hsieh	R3 Bouchard	R4 Halep	1/4 Trevisan	1/2 Podoroska	Total
Swiatek
Score	6-1 6-2	6-1 6-4	6-3 6-2	6-1 6-2	6-3 6-1	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	2	12
Tot Games	15	17	17	15	16	15	95
pts	57-34	62-44	61-45	66-43	64-45	61-34	371-245
Total points	91	106	106	109	109	95	616
Winners	19	15	15	21	23	19	112
%Winners	33%	24%	25%	32%	36%	31%	30%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Double Faults	0	4	2	0	0	0	6
1st in	30/47	23/44	24/48	26/42	37/56	27/51	167/288
% 1st in	64%	52%	50%	62%	66%	53%	58%
1st pts	19/30	15/23	15/24	21/26	23/37	19/27	112/167
% 1st pts	63%	65%	63%	81%	62%	70%	67%
2nd pts	13/17	11/21	14/24	11/16	11/19	16/24	76/121
% 2nd pts	76%	52%	58%	69%	58%	67%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	6	6	4	6	5	32
Converted	5/9	6/16	6/13	4/14	6/11	5/9	32/72
Converted %	56%	38%	46%	29%	55%	56%	44%
Conceded	3	4	3	0	9	5	24
Saved	2/3	1/4	1/3	0/0	7/9	4/5	15
Saved %	67%	25%	33%	–	78%	80%	47%
Times Broken	1	3	2	0	2	1	9