Elina Svitolina and Jessica Pegula will play each other in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11 am on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.42
Jessica Pegula -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Svitolina won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 5, Svitolina reached the 1st round after beating Marie Bouzkova 6-3 7-65, Cori Gauff 6-4 6-3 and Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-0.
In the 3rd round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-4 6-0). During the match Svitolina scored 67 points vs Putintseva’s 46. Svitolina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 57% of her first serves in, winning 53% (17/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Putintseva 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (363-181). 8-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a 218-99 match record in the last years on hard.
Elina has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Svitolina lost in the 3rd round to Garbine Muguruza.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 61, Jessica reached the 1st round after beating Victoria Azarenka 7-5 6-4, Samantha Stosur 6-0 6-1 and Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-1.
In the 3rd round, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-2 6-1). During the match Pegula scored 59 points vs Mladenovic’s 33. Jessica was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Pegula fired 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 53% of her first serves in, winning 64% (16/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Mladenovic 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
The American has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Jessica lost in the 1st
round to Taylor Townsend.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 50 |
| Pts | 217-181 | 186-126 |
| Total Points | 398 | 312 |
| Winners | 91 | 62 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Svitolina and Pegula played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svitolina and Pegula have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Svitolina played 7 games more than Pegula. The Ukrainian scored 91 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Jessica recorded 62 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 132/225 | 89/153 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 91/132 | 62/89 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 49/93 | 39/64 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Svitolina fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Pegula struck 12 aces (4 per match). Svitolina won 69% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 16 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 16/23 |
| % Converted | 48% | 70% |
| Conceded | 14 | 6 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 79% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Elina broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Ukrainian dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded. Jessica broke her opponents 16 times with a 70% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||||
| R1 Bouzkova | R2 Gauff | R3 Putintseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 16 | 57 | |
| pts | 85-79 | 65-56 | 67-46 | 217-181 | |
| Total points | 164 | 121 | 113 | 398 | |
| Winners | 40 | 34 | 17 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 52% | 25% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/101 | 43/68 | 32/56 | 132/225 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 34/43 | 17/32 | 91/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 53% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 11/25 | 17/24 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 44% | 71% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/3 | 6/14 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 43% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 50% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pegula | |||||
| R1 Azarenka | R2 Stosur | R3 Mladenovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 13 | 15 | 50 | |
| pts | 73-68 | 54-25 | 59-33 | 186-126 | |
| Total points | 141 | 79 | 92 | 312 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 16 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% | 27% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/69 | 25/37 | 25/47 | 89/153 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 68% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 19/25 | 16/25 | 62/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 64% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 8/12 | 15/22 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 67% | 68% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/8 | 6/8 | 16/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 75% | 75% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 75% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (4-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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