Serena Williams and Elena Rybakina will play each other in the 4th round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:45 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.52
Elena Rybakina -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Elena Rybakina
There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Serena Williams
Ranked no. 8, the American got to the 4th round after defeating Irina-Camelia Begu 7-66 6-2, Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 5-7 6-1 and Danielle Rose Collins 6-4 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Collins (6-4 6-4). During the match, Williams scored 64 points vs Collins’s 55. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Williams struck 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 59% of her first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Williams broke Collins 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Serena has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Williams has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 89% of her matches (359-46). 4-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Williams has an aggregate 92-8 record in the last years on clay.
Williams’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open .
The American has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, she won this tournament 3 times in 2002, 2013 and 2015. See her history.
Elena Rybakina
Ranked no. 22, Elena got to the 4th round after beating Elsa Jacquemot 6-4 6-1, Nao Hibino 6-3 6-1 and Elena Vesnina 6-1 6-4.
In the 3rd round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Vesnina (6-1 6-4). During the match Rybakina scored 63 points vs Vesnina’s 37. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina blasted 12 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Elena Rybakina was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Vesnina 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rybakina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points she played.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Williams | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 50 |
| Pts | 235-197 | 188-115 |
| Total Points | 432 | 303 |
| Winners | 90 | 71 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Williams and Rybakina played 3 matches. At the moment, Serena Williams dropped 1 set while Elena Rybakina hasn’t dropped a set so far. Williams has played 1 set more than Rybakina (7 vs 6). Therefore, Williams played 19 games more than Rybakina. Serena scored 90 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Rybakina bagged 71 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Williams | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 126/218 | 84/142 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 90/126 | 71/84 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 46/92 | 32/58 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Williams scored 15 aces (5 per match). Rybakina managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Williams won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 85% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Williams | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/30 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 47% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 0 |
| % Saved | 56% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Williams broke her opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rybakina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Williams | |||||
| R1 Begu |
R2 Buzarnescu |
R3 Collins |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | 6-3 5-7 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 20 | 69 | |
| pts | 74-68 | 97-74 | 64-55 | 235-197 | |
| Total points | 142 | 171 | 119 | 432 | |
| Winners | 23 | 39 | 28 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/77 | 52/82 | 35/59 | 126/218 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 63% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/39 | 39/52 | 28/35 | 90/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 75% | 80% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 18/30 | 9/24 | 46/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 38% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/14 | 4/8 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 36% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 71% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Rybakina | |||||
| R1 Jacquemot |
R2 Hibino |
R3 Vesnina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 17 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 63-35 | 63-37 | 188-115 | |
| Total points | 105 | 98 | 100 | 303 | |
| Winners | 22 | 24 | 25 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/54 | 27/41 | 30/47 | 84/142 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 66% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 24/27 | 25/30 | 71/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 89% | 83% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 9/14 | 11/17 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 64% | 65% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 4/9 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
WLLWWWWWLW Tennis Scores at the French Open
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- Sofia KeninKenin – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Madison KeysKeys (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
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- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Ana BogdanBogdan (2-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
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- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elena VesninaVesnina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Cori GauffGauff – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elise MertensMertens (3-4) – 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
