Elena Rybakina and Katerina Siniakova will fight against each other in the final of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on Centre. 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
Katerina Siniakova -> 3.66
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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Katerina Siniakova
This will be the 7th time that Elena Rybakina and Katerina Siniakova clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 6-0 1-0 ret. in the 2nd round in Madrid back in May 2022.
Elena Rybakina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-4 | 22-4 | 7-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 25, Rybakina got to the final after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-74 6-4 7-68, Tereza Martincova 6-4 6-1, Lesya Tsurenko w/o and Ana Bogdan 6-1 6-1.
In the semifinal, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Bogdan (6-1 6-1). During the match, Rybakina scored 73 points vs Bogdan’s 51. Elena was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rybakina fired 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Elena Rybakina conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 56% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Bogdan 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elena has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Rybakina has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 68% of her matches (237-112). 17-9 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has a composed95-52 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in at the Wimbledon where she beat Ons Jabeur in the final 3-6 6-2 6-2.
Elena has a compiled 35-16 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Portoroz
Elena has never competed in this tournament before.
Katerina Siniakova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-10 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-20 | 18-16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-21 | 21-13 | 6-5 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 9-10 | 7-4 | 1-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 11-8 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, Siniakova reached the final after beating Martina Trevisan 6-1 6-4, Jodie Anna Burrage 7-5 6-1, Jasmine Paolini 6-2 3-6 7-65 and Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-1 7-5.
In the semifinal, Siniakova had a good straight sets win against Friedsam (6-1 7-5). During the match Siniakova scored 72 points vs Friedsam’s 56. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Siniakova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Katerina Siniakova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Siniakova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Katerina broke Friedsam 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Siniakova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Czech has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakina | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 85 |
| Pts | 270-220 | 313-256 |
| Total Points | 490 | 569 |
| Winners | 90 | 115 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Rybakina played 3 matches while Siniakova competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina dropped 1 set, while Katerina Siniakova lost 1 set. Rybakina has played 2 set(s) less than Siniakova (7 vs 9). Therefore, Rybakina played 18 games less than Siniakova. Rybakina scored 90 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech made 115 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakina | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 123/234 | 179/279 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 90/123 | 115/179 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 57/111 | 43/100 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 43% |
Rybakina scored 24 aces (8 per match). Siniakova fired 10 aces (2.5 per match). Rybakina won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Siniakova won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakina | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 25 |
| Converted | 15/44 | 25/48 |
| % Converted | 34% | 52% |
| Conceded | 15 | 29 |
| Saved | 9 | 17 |
| % Saved | 60% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 12 |
The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 15 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 25 times with a 52% conversion rate. Katerina conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rybakina | ||||||
| R1 Siegemund |
R2 Martincova |
1/4 Tsurenko |
1/2 Bogdan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 7-68 | 6-4 6-1 | w/o | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 17 | – | 14 | 67 | |
| pts | 133-124 | 64-45 | – | 73-51 | 270-220 | |
| Total points | 257 | 109 | – | 124 | 490 | |
| Winners | 42 | 21 | – | 27 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 33% | – | 37% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 15 | 4 | – | 5 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 58/115 | 24/46 | – | 41/73 | 123/234 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 52% | – | 56% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 21/24 | – | 27/41 | 90/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 88% | – | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/57 | 10/22 | – | 17/32 | 57/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 45% | – | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/14 | – | 5/11 | 15/44 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 36% | – | 45% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 0/2 | – | 8/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 0% | – | 100% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | |
| Siniakova | ||||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Anna |
1/4 Paolini |
1/2 Friedsam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 3-6 7-65 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 85 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 71-50 | 104-100 | 72-56 | 313-256 | |
| Total points | 116 | 121 | 204 | 128 | 569 | |
| Winners | 15 | 28 | 46 | 26 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 39% | 44% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 36/52 | 71/112 | 40/59 | 179/279 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 69% | 63% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 15/32 | 28/36 | 46/71 | 26/40 | 115/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 47% | 78% | 65% | 65% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 5/16 | 17/41 | 9/19 | 43/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 31% | 41% | 47% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 6/9 | 5/12 | 6/12 | 25/48 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 67% | 42% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 29 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 0/2 | 9/13 | 3/5 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 0% | 69% | 60% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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