Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula will fight against each other in the semifinal of the United Cup for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on KEN ROSEWALL ARENA Sydney. 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.26
Jessica Pegula -> 3.86
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 6th time that Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Swiatek won 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in San Diego back in 2022.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Jessica Pegula – San Diego 15-October-2022
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-9 | 29-5 | 26-2 | 7-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 68-11 | 42-8 | 19-2 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-9 | 42-6 | 18-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-15 | 18-10 | 12-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-5 | 6-4 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Iga reached the semifinal after defeating Yulia Putintseva 6-1 6-3, Belinda Bencic 6-3 7-63 and Martina Trevisan 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Swiatek had a good straight sets win against Trevisan (6-2 6-4). During the match, Swiatek scored 77 points vs Trevisan’s 59. Iga was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Swiatek scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Iga Swiatek lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 75% of her first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. Swiatek broke Trevisan 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 80% of her matches (220-56). 3-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has a compiled94-29 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Iga has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Australia
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Pegula got to the semifinal after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-2 and Harriet Dart 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-2 6-0). During the match Pegula scored 56 points vs Dart’s 26. Pegula was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Pegula scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (18/22) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pegula broke Dart 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points she played.
Pegula has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Australia
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 31 |
| Pts | 212-157 | 119-67 |
| Total Points | 369 | 186 |
| Winners | 84 | 36 |
| %Winners | 40% | 30% |
Swiatek played 3 matches while Pegula competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Swiatek has played 2 sets more than Pegula (6 vs 4). Therefore, Swiatek played 25 games more than Pegula. The Pole scored 84 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Jessica managed to score 36 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 118/166 | 46/80 |
| %1st in | 71% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 84/118 | 36/46 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 33/48 | 26/34 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 76% |
Swiatek made 4 aces (1.3 per match). Pegula managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Swiatek won 71% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 48% | 60% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 63% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Pole broke her opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Iga dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Jessica broke her opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Swiatek | |||||
| Round Robin Bencic |
Round Robin Putintseva |
1/4 Trevisan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 57-34 | 77-59 | 212-157 | |
| Total points | 142 | 91 | 136 | 369 | |
| Winners | 31 | 22 | 31 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 30/42 | 44/59 | 118/166 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 71% | 75% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 22/30 | 31/44 | 84/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 11/12 | 9/15 | 33/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 92% | 60% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 | 4/11 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 80% | 36% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 75% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pegula | |||||
| Round Robin Siegemund |
Round Robin Kvitova |
1/4 Dart |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 14 | 54 | |
| pts | 63-41 | – | 56-26 | 119-67 | |
| Total points | 104 | 0 | 82 | 186 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | 36 | ||
| %Winners | 29% | 0% | 32% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 24/43 | / | 22/37 | 46/80 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 0% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | / | 18/22 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 0% | 82% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | / | 11/15 | 26/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 0% | 73% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 4/7 | / | 5/8 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 0% | 63% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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