Iga Swiatek and Anett Kontaveit will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.23
Anett Kontaveit -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Anett Kontaveit play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kontaveit won 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5 in the 4th round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs Iga Swiatek – Australian Open 27-January-2020
Iga Swiatek
Ranked no. 9 (career-high), the Pole got to the 3rd round after defeating Kaja Juvan 6-0 7-5 and Rebecca Peterson 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Peterson (6-1 6-1). During the match, Swiatek scored 58 points vs Peterson’s 31. Swiatek was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Swiatek blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Iga Swiatek lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 61% of her first serves in, winning 80% (20/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Iga broke Peterson 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Swiatek started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 78% of her matches (135-37). 10-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has a compiled72-12 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Adelaide where she overcame Belinda Bencic in the final 6-2 6-2 and in in Rome where she beat Karolina Pliskova in the final 6-0 6-0.
Iga has an overall 21-5 win-loss record in 2021, 10-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2020. See her history.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 31, Kontaveit got to the 3rd round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-74 7-65 6-0 and Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-2 6-0). During the match Kontaveit scored 54 points vs Mladenovic’s 23. Anett was exceptionally aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Anett Kontaveit was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (13/17) of her 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Anett broke Mladenovic 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anett started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Kontaveit’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Anett has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 46 |
| Pts | 129-84 | 162-116 |
| Total Points | 213 | 278 |
| Winners | 42 | 54 |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% |
Both Swiatek and Kontaveit played 2 matches. At the moment, Anett Kontaveit lost 1 set while Iga Swiatek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Swiatek has played 1 set(s) less than Kontaveit (4 vs 5). Therefore, Swiatek played 14 games less than Kontaveit. The Pole scored 42 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Anett recorded 54 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 59/98 | 75/143 |
| %1st in | 60% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 54/75 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 38/68 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Swiatek bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Kontaveit bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Swiatek won 71% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/28 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 39% | 65% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Swiatek broke her opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Pole conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Estonian broke her opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Anett conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | ||||
| R1 Juvan | R2 Peterson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 | 32 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 58-31 | 129-84 | |
| Total points | 124 | 89 | 213 | |
| Winners | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 25/41 | 59/98 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 20/25 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 80% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 8/16 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/15 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kontaveit | ||||
| R1 Golubic | R2 Mladenovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-65 6-0 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 14 | 46 | |
| pts | 108-93 | 54-23 | 162-116 | |
| Total points | 201 | 77 | 278 | |
| Winners | 41 | 13 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 24% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/103 | 17/40 | 75/143 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 43% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 41/58 | 13/17 | 54/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 18/23 | 38/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 78% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 5/9 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 56% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 100% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
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- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-6 7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sloane StephensSloane – Karolina MuchovaKarolina (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Magda LinetteLinette – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elise MertensMertens (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction