Elena Rybakina and Magda Linette will play each other in the 2nd round of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 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 Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.3
Magda Linette -> 3.66

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Magda Linette

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Magda Linette since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 16 (career-high), the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-3.

In the 1st round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-1 6-3). During the match, Rybakina scored 70 points vs Kudermetova’s 51. Elena was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rybakina managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Elena Rybakina lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Rybakina broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Rybakina has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of her matches (198-92). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has an overall53-18 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Rybakina’s best result of the current season was getting to the bronze in Tokyo.

The Kazakhstani has a composed 29-19 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ostrava

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.

Ostrava
Rybakina's Record

Magda Linette

Ranked no. 59, the Pole got to the 2nd round after defeating Rutuja Bhosale 6-0 6-1, Katarzyna Kawa 6-1 6-2 and Oceane Dodin 6-2 7-63.

In the 1st round, Linette had a good straight sets win against Dodin (6-2 7-63). During the match Linette scored 73 points vs Dodin’s 59. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Linette recorded 13 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Magda Linette lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 57% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Linette broke Dodin 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Magda’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Strasbourg and Cleveland.

Magda has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ostrava

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.

Ostrava
Linette's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Rybakina
M.Linette
1h:17
1h:17
Time on court​
!
3h:28
3h:28
1h:17
1h:17
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
16
16
Games Played​
49
49
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
70
70
Total points​
193
193
70
70
Avg point​
64.3
64.3
25
25
Winners
70
70
25
25
Avg Winners​
23.3
23.3
36%
36%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
19
19
6
6
Avg Aces
6.3
6.3
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
25/35
25/35
1st won total​
70/92
70/92
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
11/25
11/25
2nd won total​
31/56
31/56
44%
44%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
14/28
14/28
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
4.7/9.3
4.7/9.3
!
71%
71%
Won
50%
50%
5
5
Conceded
9
9
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rybakina Linette
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 16 49
Pts 70-51 193-120
Total Points 121 313
Winners 25 70
%Winners 36% 36%

Rybakina played 1 match while Linette competed in 3 matches. Linette started her run from the qualifications while Rybakina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Rybakina has played 4 set(s) less than Linette (2 vs 6). Therefore, Rybakina played 33 games less than Linette. Rybakina scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Magda struck 70 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rybakina Linette
Aces 6 19
Avg per match 6 6.3
1st in 35/60 92/148
%1st in 58% 62%
1st pts 25/35 70/92
%1st pts 71% 76%
2nd pts 11/25 31/56
%2nd pts 44% 55%

Rybakina fired 6 aces . Linette struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Rybakina won 71% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Linette won 76% 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 Rybakina Linette
Won 5 14
Converted 5/7 14/28
% Converted 71% 50%
Conceded 5 9
Saved 4 6
% Saved 80% 67%
Times Broken 1 3

Elena broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Rybakina dropped her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. The Pole broke her opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Pole conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
R1
Kudermetova		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 70-51 70-51
Total points 121 121
Winners 25 25
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 35/60 35/60
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 25/35 25/35
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 11/25 11/25
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Linette
Q1
Bhosale		 Q3
Kawa		 R1
Dodin		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 7-63
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 13 15 21 49
pts 51-15 69-46 73-59 193-120
Total points 66 115 132 313
Winners 19 24 27 70
%Winners 37% 35% 37% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 4 13 19
Double Faults 0 1 1 2
1st in 22/36 33/47 37/65 92/148
% 1st in 61% 70% 57% 62%
1st pts 19/22 24/33 27/37 70/92
% 1st pts 86% 73% 73% 76%
2nd pts 10/14 8/14 13/28 31/56
% 2nd pts 71% 57% 46% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5 4 14
Converted 5/5 5/13 4/10 14/28
Converted % 100% 38% 40% 50%
Conceded 0 3 6 9
Saved 0/0 2/3 4/6 6
Saved % – 67% 67% 134%
Times Broken 0 1 2 3

Tennis Scores in Ostrava

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