Elina Svitolina and Vera Zvonareva will face off in the 2nd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 -> 1.43
Vera Zvonareva -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Vera Zvonareva
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Vera Zvonareva 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 got to the 2nd round after beating Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Svitolina had a good straight sets win against Pegula (6-4 6-3). During the match Svitolina scored 69 points vs Pegula’s 59. Svitolina was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elina Svitolina was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of her 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elina broke Pegula 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (356-179). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Svitolina has a 211-97 record in the last years on hard.
Svitolina has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Elina didn’t play in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Vera Zvonareva
Ranked no. 164, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Amandine Hesse 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zvonareva had a good straight sets win against Hesse (6-3 6-4). During the match Zvonareva scored 77 points vs Hesse’s 63. Vera was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Zvonareva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Vera Zvonareva lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zvonareva put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Vera broke Hesse 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Zvonareva has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 |
| Pts | 69-59 | 77-63 |
| Total Points | 128 | 140 |
| Winners | 27 | 26 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Svitolina and Zvonareva played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svitolina and Zvonareva have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Svitolina scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Vera made 26 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 37/70 | 37/57 |
| %1st in | 53% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 26/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 9/20 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 45% |
Svitolina blasted 2 aces . Zvonareva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Svitolina won 73% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zvonareva won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 75% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Elina broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Ukrainian very solid her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Vera broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zvonareva conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||
| R1 Pegula |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-59 | 69-59 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/70 | 37/70 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zvonareva | |||
| R1 Hesse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 77-63 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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