Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek will face off in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.64
Iga Swiatek -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Iga Swiatek
This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Halep and Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in at the French Open back in 2020.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Simona Halep – French Open 04-October-2020
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2, Simona got to the 4th round after beating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1, Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-3.
In the 3rd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-1 6-3). During the match Halep scored 70 points vs Kudermetova’s 52. Halep was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 73% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Kudermetova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Halep has a a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (389-143). 5-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has a 203-79 record in the last years on hard.
The Romanian has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Romanian lost in the semifinal to Garbine Muguruza.
Iga Swiatek
Ranked no. 17 (career high), Swiatek got to the 4th round after defeating Arantxa Rus 6-1 6-3, Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-4 and Fiona Ferro 6-4 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Swiatek had a good straight sets win against Ferro (6-4 6-3). During the match Swiatek scored 65 points vs Ferro’s 52. Iga was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Swiatek scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 63% of her first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Swiatek broke Ferro 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Swiatek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Swiatek lost in the 4th round to Anett Kontaveit.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 53 |
| Pts | 248-196 | 196-152 |
| Total Points | 444 | 348 |
| Winners | 98 | 76 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Halep and Swiatek played 3 matches. At the moment, Simona Halep dropped 1 set while Iga Swiatek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Halep has played 1 set more than Swiatek (7 vs 6). Therefore, Halep played 10 games more than Swiatek. The Romanian scored 98 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Iga struck 76 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 153/224 | 105/159 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 98/153 | 76/105 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 28/71 | 24/54 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 44% |
Halep blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Swiatek fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Halep won 64% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Swiatek won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 15 |
| Converted | 20/35 | 15/40 |
| % Converted | 57% | 38% |
| Conceded | 27 | 11 |
| Saved | 17 | 6 |
| % Saved | 63% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 5 |
Halep broke her opponents 20 times with a 57% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Iga broke her opponents 15 times with a 38% conversion rate. Iga conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||||
| R1 Cabrera |
R2 Tomljanovic |
R3 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 | 16 | 63 | |
| pts | 63-35 | 115-109 | 70-52 | 248-196 | |
| Total points | 98 | 224 | 122 | 444 | |
| Winners | 23 | 51 | 24 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 80/121 | 40/55 | 153/224 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 51/80 | 24/40 | 98/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 64% | 60% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 12/41 | 7/15 | 28/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 29% | 47% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 8/14 | 6/13 | 20/35 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 46% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 | 4 | 27 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 10/17 | 2/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 59% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Swiatek | |||||
| R1 Rus |
R2 Giorgi |
R3 Ferro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 19 | 53 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 62-49 | 65-52 | 196-152 | |
| Total points | 120 | 111 | 117 | 348 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 22 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 48% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 39/61 | 33/52 | 105/159 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 64% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 30/39 | 22/33 | 76/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 67% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 10/22 | 7/19 | 24/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 45% | 37% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 4/6 | 6/17 | 15/40 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 67% | 35% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/6 | 1/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 25% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Shelby RogersRogers (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Simona HalepHalep (1-1) – H2H and prediction
