H2H, PREDICTION Iga Swiatek vs Arantxa Rus | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Arantxa Rus

Iga Swiatek and Arantxa Rus will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1 pm on 1573 Arena. Here 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.28
Arantxa Rus -> 3.84

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Arantxa Rus

This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Arantxa Rus clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rus (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Rus won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Rome back in 2020.

Iga Swiatek

Ranked no. 17 (career high), Swiatek will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Alexandrova in the 3rd round on the 3rd of February.

The Pole has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Pole has an overall 115-33 record. She has a positive 32-14 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Swiatek surrendered in the 4th round to Anett Kontaveit.

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 74, Rus will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 6-1 6-3 to Williams in the 1st round on the 31st of January.

Arantxa has a 0-2 win-loss record in 2021, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Arantxa has an overall 535-327 record. She has a positive 131-105 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Rus lost in the 2nd round to Madison Keys.

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Swiatek
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Rus
LWWLLWLWWL
2024 2023 2022
59 - 8
30 - 29
29-5
Hard
8-11
2-0
I Hard
2-1
26-2
Clay
18-12
2-1
Grass
2-5

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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