Simona Halep and Elena Rybakina will fight against each other in the semifinal of Wimbledon for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.56
Elena Rybakina -> 2.63
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Elena Rybakina
This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Halep won 7-6(11) 4-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Elena Rybakina – U.S. Open 03-September-2021
Simona Halep
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-11 | 23-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, the Romanian got to the semifinal after defeating Karolina Muchova 6-3 6-2, Kirsten Flipkens 7-5 6-4, Magdalena Frech 6-4 6-1, Paula Badosa Gibert 6-1 6-2 and Amanda Anisimova 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Anisimova (6-2 6-4). During the match, Halep scored 59 points vs Anisimova’s 44. Halep was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Simona Halep lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 59% of her first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Anisimova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Halep has a superlative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (410-136). 11-1 on grass in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a compiled 46-11 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Halep has an aggregate 31-8 win-loss record in 2022, 11-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Elena Rybakina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-7 | 22-4 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-15 | 31-11 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 18-14 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-10 | 18-5 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, Rybakina got to the semifinal after beating Coco Vandeweghe 7-62 7-5, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-4 7-65, Qinwen Zheng 7-64 7-5, Petra Martic 7-5 6-3 and Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter against Tomljanovic, Elena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Rybakina scored 91 points vs Tomljanovic’s 70. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina fired 15 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Elena Rybakina was very effective on serve to win 76% (38/50) of her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Rybakina broke Tomljanovic 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elena has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Elena has an overall 26-12 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 121 |
| Pts | 307-212 | 400-335 |
| Total Points | 519 | 735 |
| Winners | 107 | 159 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Both Halep and Rybakina played 5 matches. At the moment, Elena Rybakina lost 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t conceded a set so far. Halep has played 1 set(s) less than Rybakina (10 vs 11). Therefore, Halep played 32 games less than Rybakina. Halep scored 107 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Elena scored 159 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 44 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8.8 |
| 1st in | 148/240 | 204/380 |
| %1st in | 62% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 107/148 | 159/204 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 57/92 | 99/176 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 56% |
Halep managed to score 10 aces (2 per match). Rybakina made 44 aces (8.8 per match). Halep won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 25 | 16 |
| Converted | 25/49 | 16/25 |
| % Converted | 51% | 64% |
| Conceded | 20 | 32 |
| Saved | 13 | 23 |
| % Saved | 65% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
The Romanian broke her opponents 25 times with a 51% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 16 times with a 64% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||||||
| R1 Muchova |
R2 Flipkens |
R3 Frech |
R4 Badosa |
1/4 Anisimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 89 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 72-60 | 57-39 | 60-33 | 59-44 | 307-212 | |
| Total points | 95 | 132 | 96 | 93 | 103 | 519 | |
| Winners | 23 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 35% | 28% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 40/65 | 28/42 | 19/38 | 32/54 | 148/240 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 62% | 67% | 50% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 27/40 | 20/28 | 17/19 | 20/32 | 107/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 68% | 71% | 89% | 63% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 11/25 | 7/14 | 13/19 | 17/22 | 57/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 44% | 50% | 68% | 77% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/13 | 6/10 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 25/49 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 46% | 60% | 45% | 67% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/8 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 33% | 100% | 88% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Rybakina | |||||||
| R1 Vandeweghe |
R2 Andreescu |
R3 Zheng |
R4 Martic |
1/4 Tomljanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | 6-4 7-65 | 7-64 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 121 | |
| pts | 83-72 | 76-69 | 86-74 | 64-50 | 91-70 | 400-335 | |
| Total points | 155 | 145 | 160 | 114 | 161 | 735 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 33 | 25 | 38 | 159 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% | 38% | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 43/86 | 35/70 | 43/86 | 33/57 | 50/81 | 204/380 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | 50% | 58% | 62% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 28/35 | 33/43 | 25/33 | 38/50 | 159/204 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 80% | 77% | 76% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 18/35 | 22/43 | 16/24 | 16/31 | 99/176 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 51% | 51% | 67% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 16/25 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 75% | 75% | 57% | 56% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 32 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 1/3 | 6/8 | 1/3 | 6/9 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 75% | 33% | 67% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
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