Elina Svitolina and Barbora Krejcikova will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.76
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Barbora Krejcikova
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, Elina got to the 3rd round after beating Oceane Babel 6-2 7-5 and Ann Li 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Svitolina had a good straight sets win against Li (6-0 6-4). During the match, Svitolina scored 68 points vs Li’s 49. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Elina Svitolina lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 58% of her first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Svitolina broke Li 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (368-186). 8-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svitolina has a compiled 94-45 match record in the last years on clay.
Svitolina’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Miami and Stuttgart.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 21-9 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2017 and 2020. See her history.
Barbora Krejcikova
Ranked no. 33 (career-high), Krejcikova got to the 3rd round after defeating Kristyna Pliskova 5-7 6-4 6-2 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (6-2 6-3). During the match Krejcikova scored 57 points vs Alexandrova’s 38. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Krejcikova made 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Barbora broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Krejcikova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Strasbourg where she overcame Sorana Cirstea in the final 6-3 6-3.
Krejcikova has an aggregate 21-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 47 |
| Pts | 146-103 | 155-128 |
| Total Points | 249 | 283 |
| Winners | 47 | 65 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
Both Svitolina and Krejcikova played 2 matches. At the moment, Barbora Krejcikova conceded 1 set while Elina Svitolina hasn’t lost a set so far. Svitolina has played 1 set(s) less than Krejcikova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Svitolina played 11 games less than Krejcikova. Svitolina scored 47 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Krejcikova bagged 65 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 67/112 | 85/143 |
| %1st in | 60% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 47/67 | 65/85 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 29/45 | 28/58 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 48% |
Svitolina managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Krejcikova also managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Svitolina won 70% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 39% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Elina broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Elina surrendered her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Barbora broke her opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Krejcikova conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||
| R1 Babel |
R2 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 78-54 | 68-49 | 146-103 | |
| Total points | 132 | 117 | 249 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 31/53 | 67/112 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 23/31 | 47/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/23 | 11/22 | 29/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 50% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/9 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 56% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Krejcikova | ||||
| R1 Pliskova |
R2 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 | 47 | |
| pts | 98-90 | 57-38 | 155-128 | |
| Total points | 188 | 95 | 283 | |
| Winners | 42 | 23 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 27/51 | 85/143 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 23/27 | 65/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 11/24 | 28/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/7 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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