Elina Svitolina and Fiona Ferro will play each other in the 2nd round of the WTA Chicago Women’s Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.25
Fiona Ferro -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Fiona Ferro
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Fiona Ferro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 6, Elina got to the 2nd round after beating Clara Burel 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Burel, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 2-0 ret.). During the match, Svitolina scored 72 points vs Burel’s 53. Elina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 51% of her first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Burel 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (376-193). 19-9 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svitolina has an overall 226-105 record in the last years on hard.
Svitolina’s best result of the season was getting to the bronze in Tokyo.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2021, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chicago
Elina has never competed in this tournament before.
Fiona Ferro
Ranked no. 80, Fiona reached the 2nd round after beating Aldila Sutjiadi 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Sutjiadi, Fiona recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Ferro scored 105 points vs Sutjiadi’s 91. The French player was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Ferro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Fiona Ferro lost the serve 6 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Ferro put 59% of her first serves in, winning 60% (42/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (21/48) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Sutjiadi 8 times.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Lyon.
Ferro has an aggregate 14-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 |
| Pts | 72-53 | 105-91 |
| Total Points | 125 | 196 |
| Winners | 22 | 42 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Both Svitolina and Ferro played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina lost 1 set, while Fiona Ferro dropped 1 set. Svitolina has played 1 set more than Ferro (4 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Svitolina played 8 games less than Ferro. The Ukrainian scored 22 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Fiona recorded 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 70/118 |
| %1st in | 51% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 42/70 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 21/48 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 44% |
Svitolina managed to score 2 aces . Ferro made 1 ace . Svitolina won 69% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ferro won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 21 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 60% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elina dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Fiona broke her opponent 8 times with a 100% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||
| R1 Burel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 72-53 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 32/63 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Ferro | |||
| R1 Sutjiadi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 105-91 | 105-91 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 70/118 | 70/118 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/48 | 21/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/8 | 8/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 21 | 21 | |
| Saved | 15/21 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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