Elina Svitolina and Iga Swiatek will fight against each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on Pietrangeli. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.72
Elina Svitolina -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Iga Swiatek
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, the Ukrainian got to the quarter after beating Amanda Anisimova 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Elina had a good straight sets win against Muguruza (6-4 6-2). During the match Svitolina scored 61 points vs Muguruza’s 42. Svitolina was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 54% of her first serves in, winning 59% (17/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Svitolina broke Muguruza 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (366-185). 6-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a 92-44 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Elina’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Miami and Stuttgart.
Svitolina has a 19-8 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. See her history.
Iga Swiatek
Ranked no. 15 (career high), the Pole reached the quarter after defeating Alison Riske 5-4 ret., Madison Keys 7-5 6-1 and Barbora Krejcikova 3-6 7-65 7-5.
In the 3rd round against Krejcikova, Iga recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 7-5). During the match Swiatek scored 117 points vs Krejcikova’s 115. Swiatek was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Swiatek struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve 5 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 57% of her first serves in, winning 58% (40/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (33/52) on the 2nd serve. Iga broke Krejcikova 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Iga started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Adelaide where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 6-2 6-2.
Iga has a 16-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 62 |
| Pts | 136-121 | 220-198 |
| Total Points | 257 | 418 |
| Winners | 40 | 72 |
| %Winners | 29% | 33% |
Svitolina played 2 matches while Swiatek competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina dropped 1 set, while Iga Swiatek dropped 1 set. Svitolina has played 2 set(s) less than Swiatek (5 vs 7). Therefore, Svitolina played 17 games less than Swiatek. Elina scored 40 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Swiatek blasted 72 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 70/125 | 117/212 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 40/70 | 72/117 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 25/55 | 56/95 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 59% |
Svitolina fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Swiatek scored 3 aces (1 per match). Svitolina won 57% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Swiatek won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 11 |
| Converted | 14/19 | 11/25 |
| % Converted | 74% | 44% |
| Conceded | 12 | 26 |
| Saved | 2 | 17 |
| % Saved | 17% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 9 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponents 14 times with a 74% conversion rate. Svitolina conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded. The Pole broke her opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Iga conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||
| R2 Anisimova |
R3 Muguruza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 | 45 | |
| pts | 75-79 | 61-42 | 136-121 | |
| Total points | 154 | 103 | 257 | |
| Winners | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 28% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 29/54 | 70/125 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/41 | 17/29 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 59% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 12/25 | 25/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 48% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/8 | 14/19 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 88% | 74% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/7 | 1/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 14% | 20% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Swiatek | |||||
| R1 Riske |
R2 Keys |
R3 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-4 ret. | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 19 | 34 | 62 | |
| pts | 32-30 | 71-53 | 117-115 | 220-198 | |
| Total points | 62 | 124 | 232 | 418 | |
| Winners | 13 | 19 | 40 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 27% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 21/35 | 27/56 | 69/121 | 117/212 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 48% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 13/21 | 19/27 | 40/69 | 72/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 70% | 58% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 18/29 | 33/52 | 56/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 62% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/11 | 4/11 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 45% | 36% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/6 | 11/16 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 69% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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