Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Olympics for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.82
Marketa Vondrousova -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova
This will be the 5th time that Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Vondrousova won 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in Rome back in 2020.
Highlights Marketa Vondrousova vs Elina Svitolina – Rome 19-September-2020
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, Svitolina reached the semifinal after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-3 5-7 6-4, Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-3 6-4, Maria Sakkari 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Camila Giorgi 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Svitolina had a good straight sets win against Giorgi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Svitolina scored 63 points vs Giorgi’s 54. Elina was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina fired 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Svitolina put 65% of her first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Giorgi 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (374-190). 17-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svitolina has a compiled 224-102 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Svitolina’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Miami and Stuttgart.
Svitolina has an aggregate 27-13 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 42, Marketa got to the semifinal after defeating Kiki Bertens 6-4 3-6 6-4, Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-2, Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-4 and Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 ret..
In the quarter, Marketa had a good straight sets win against Badosa (6-3 ret.). During the match Vondrousova scored 34 points vs Badosa’s 25. Vondrousova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 11 winners.
About the serving games, Vondrousova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 79% (11/14) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (3/7) on the 2nd serve. Vondrousova broke Badosa 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
Vondrousova has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2021, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Vondrousova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 111 | 70 |
| Pts | 374-350 | 249-205 |
| Total Points | 724 | 454 |
| Winners | 139 | 88 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Svitolina and Vondrousova played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina lost 3 sets, while Marketa Vondrousova dropped 1 set. Svitolina has played 2 sets more than Vondrousova (11 vs 9). Therefore, Svitolina played 41 games more than Vondrousova. The Ukrainian scored 139 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Vondrousova recorded 88 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Vondrousova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 212/381 | 118/212 |
| %1st in | 56% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 139/212 | 88/118 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 81/152 | 46/74 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Svitolina fired 20 aces (5 per match). Vondrousova blasted 9 aces (2.3 per match). Svitolina won 66% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Vondrousova won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Vondrousova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 16 |
| Converted | 23/56 | 16/35 |
| % Converted | 41% | 46% |
| Conceded | 47 | 18 |
| Saved | 29 | 13 |
| % Saved | 62% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 18 | 5 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponents 23 times with a 41% conversion rate. Svitolina lost her serve 18 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Vondrousova broke her opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Czech conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||||
| R1 Siegemund |
R2 Tomljanovic |
R3 Sakkari |
1/4 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 29 | 31 | 20 | 111 | |
| pts | 107-108 | 98-92 | 106-96 | 63-54 | 374-350 | |
| Total points | 215 | 190 | 202 | 117 | 724 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 49 | 27 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% | 46% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 60/118 | 53/105 | 64/104 | 35/54 | 212/381 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 50% | 62% | 65% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/60 | 28/53 | 49/64 | 27/35 | 139/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 53% | 77% | 77% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/54 | 29/46 | 16/36 | 8/16 | 81/152 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 44% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/19 | 5/12 | 4/11 | 23/56 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 37% | 42% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 47 | |
| Saved | 15/21 | 8/14 | 6/10 | 0/2 | 29 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 57% | 60% | 0% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |
| Vondrousova | ||||||
| R1 Bertens |
R2 Buzarnescu |
R3 Osaka |
1/4 Badosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 70 | |
| pts | 85-94 | 64-39 | 66-47 | 34-25 | 249-205 | |
| Total points | 179 | 103 | 113 | 59 | 454 | |
| Winners | 37 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 56/102 | 25/40 | 23/46 | 14/24 | 118/212 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 63% | 50% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 20/25 | 20/23 | 11/14 | 88/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 80% | 87% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 9/10 | 12/19 | 3/7 | 46/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 90% | 63% | 43% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/14 | 5/11 | 3/5 | 16/35 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 36% | 45% | 60% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 80% | 75% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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