Belinda Bencic and Elena Rybakina will play each other in the semifinal of the Olympics for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.6
Belinda Bencic -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Elena Rybakina
There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 12, the Swiss got to the semifinal after beating Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-3, Misaki Doi 6-2 6-4, Barbora Krejcikova 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 3-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Belinda defeated Pavlyuchenkova (6-0 3-6 6-3). During the match, Bencic scored 88 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 72. Belinda was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bencic bagged 5 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Belinda Bencic was quite effective on serve to win 71% (32/45) of her 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Bencic broke Pavlyuchenkova 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Bencic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (299-162). 11-6 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has a compiled 140-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Swiss’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Adelaide and Berlin.
Belinda has a compiled 21-14 win-loss record in 2021, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Elena Rybakina
Ranked no. 20, Rybakina got to the semifinal after defeating Samantha Stosur 6-4 6-2, Rebecca Peterson 6-2 6-3, Donna Vekic 7-63 6-4 and Garbine Muguruza 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, Elena had a good straight sets win against Muguruza (7-5 6-1). During the match Rybakina scored 70 points vs Muguruza’s 48. Rybakina was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Rybakina struck 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Elena Rybakina was very effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of her 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elena broke Muguruza 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elena started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Rybakina’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Eastbourne.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 23-13 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 77 |
| Pts | 302-243 | 277-198 |
| Total Points | 545 | 475 |
| Winners | 118 | 100 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Bencic and Rybakina played 4 matches. At the moment, Belinda Bencic dropped 2 sets while Elena Rybakina hasn’t lost a set so far. Bencic has played 2 sets more than Rybakina (10 vs 8). Therefore, Bencic played 7 games more than Rybakina. Bencic scored 118 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani struck 100 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 157/264 | 122/218 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 118/157 | 100/122 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 49/84 | 59/85 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 69% |
Bencic fired 10 aces (2.5 per match). Rybakina blasted 26 aces (6.5 per match). Bencic won 75% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 82% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 15 |
| Converted | 19/41 | 15/31 |
| % Converted | 46% | 48% |
| Conceded | 21 | 10 |
| Saved | 12 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 5 |
Belinda broke her opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Rybakina conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | ||||||
| R1 Pegula |
R2 Doi |
R3 Krejcikova |
1/4 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-0 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 84 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 67-48 | 78-72 | 88-72 | 302-243 | |
| Total points | 120 | 115 | 150 | 160 | 545 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 40% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 35/57 | 43/75 | 45/79 | 157/264 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 57% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 27/35 | 31/43 | 32/45 | 118/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 77% | 72% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 10/19 | 13/25 | 15/23 | 49/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 53% | 52% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 6/11 | 19/41 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 56% | 56% | 55% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/6 | 2/6 | 5/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 33% | 63% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Rybakina | ||||||
| R1 Stosur |
R2 Peterson |
R3 Vekic |
1/4 Muguruza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-63 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 77 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 66-41 | 79-66 | 70-48 | 277-198 | |
| Total points | 105 | 107 | 145 | 118 | 475 | |
| Winners | 19 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% | 34% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 20/44 | 32/54 | 39/65 | 31/55 | 122/218 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 59% | 60% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/20 | 27/32 | 27/39 | 27/31 | 100/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 84% | 69% | 87% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 10/19 | 16/23 | 16/23 | 59/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 53% | 70% | 70% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 3/9 | 15/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 50% | 33% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 3/6 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 50% | 100% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
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