H2H, prediction of Iga Swiatek vs Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid with odds, preview, pick | 6th May 2023

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Aryna Sabalenka

Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will square off in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.32
Aryna Sabalenka -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Aryna Sabalenka

This will be the 8th time that Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Stuttgart back in April 2023.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Aryna Sabalenka – Stuttgart 23-April-2023

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
2
High
1
LWWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-8 21-6 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Currently world no. 1 the Pole got to the final after beating Julia Grabher 6-3 6-2, Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-2, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 6-73 6-3, Petra Martic 6-0 6-3 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-1.

In the semifinal, Swiatek had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-1 6-1). During the match, Swiatek scored 59 points vs Kudermetova’s 36. Iga was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Swiatek wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Iga Swiatek was very efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of her 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Iga broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Iga has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 80% of her matches (242-60). 9-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has an overall101-14 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Doha where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Stuttgart where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-3 6-4.

Iga has an aggregate 25-4 win-loss record in 2023, 9-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Swiatek
Madrid
Swiatek's Record

Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
1
High
1
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-5 23-4 8-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 56-14 38-7 15-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), the Belarussian reached the final after defeating Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-3, Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 7-5, Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-1, Mayar Sherif 2-6 6-2 6-1 and Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1.

In the semifinal, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-4 6-1). During the match Sabalenka scored 68 points vs Sakkari’s 49. Sabalenka was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Sabalenka managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 69% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Sakkari 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sabalenka has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Adelaide where she beat Linda Noskova in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and at the Australian Open where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Aryna has an aggregate 28-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2021. See her history.

Sabalenka
Madrid
Sabalenka's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Swiatek
A.Sabalenka
6h:20
6h:20
Time on court​
7h:56
7h:56
1h:19
1h:19
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
5
5
Match played
5
5
95
95
Games Played​
97
97
11
11
Set played​​
11
11
320
320
Total points​
362
362
64
64
Avg point​
72.4
72.4
127
127
Winners
133
133
25.4
25.4
Avg Winners​
26.6
26.6
40%
40%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
20
20
1.8
1.8
Avg Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
16
16
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3.2
3.2
127/170
127/170
1st won total​
133/200
133/200
!
75%
75%
1st won %
67%
67%
61/97
61/97
2nd won total​
65/126
65/126
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
21/40
21/40
BP won
25/49
25/49
4.2/8
4.2/8
Avg BP won
5/9.8
5/9.8
!
53%
53%
Won
!
51%
51%
11
11
Conceded
29
29
2.2
2.2
Avg Conceded
5.8
5.8
4
4
Broken
11
11
!
0.8
0.8
Avg Broken
2.2
2.2
7
7
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Swiatek Sabalenka
Match played 5 5
Tot Set 11 11
Tot Games 95 97
Pts 320-225 362-289
Total Points 545 651
Winners 127 133
%Winners 40% 37%

Both Swiatek and Sabalenka played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Iga Swiatek lost 1 set, while Aryna Sabalenka surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Swiatek and Sabalenka have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Swiatek played 2 games less than Sabalenka. Iga scored 127 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Aryna managed to score 133 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Swiatek Sabalenka
Aces 9 20
Avg per match 1.8 4
1st in 170/267 200/326
%1st in 64% 61%
1st pts 127/170 133/200
%1st pts 75% 67%
2nd pts 61/97 65/126
%2nd pts 63% 52%

Swiatek struck 9 aces (1.8 per match). Sabalenka scored 20 aces (4 per match). Swiatek won 75% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sabalenka won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Swiatek Sabalenka
Won 21 25
Converted 21/40 25/49
% Converted 53% 51%
Conceded 11 29
Saved 7 18
% Saved 64% 62%
Times Broken 4 11

The Pole broke her opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Pole dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Aryna broke her opponents 25 times with a 51% conversion rate. Aryna conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
R2
Grabher
R3
Pera
R4
Alexandrova
1/4
Martic
1/2
Kudermetova
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-73 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 2 11
Tot Games 17 17 32 15 14 95
pts 48-36 62-40 99-84 52-29 59-36 320-225
Total points 84 102 183 81 95 545
Winners 22 22 43 23 17 127
%Winners 46% 35% 43% 44% 29% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 4 3 1 0 9
Double Faults 1 0 2 2 0 5
1st in 30/45 28/43 58/86 30/47 24/46 170/267
% 1st in 67% 65% 67% 64% 52% 64%
1st pts 22/30 22/28 43/58 23/30 17/24 127/170
% 1st pts 73% 79% 74% 77% 71% 75%
2nd pts 8/15 10/15 18/28 10/17 15/22 61/97
% 2nd pts 53% 67% 64% 59% 68% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 4 5 4 5 21
Converted 3/5 4/13 5/6 4/4 5/12 21/40
Converted % 60% 31% 83% 100% 42% 53%
Conceded 1 1 3 1 5 11
Saved 0/1 0/1 1/3 1/1 5/5 7
Saved % 0% 0% 33% 100% 100% 47%
Times Broken 1 1 2 0 0 4
Sabalenka
R2
Cirstea
R3
Camila Osorio Serrano
R4
Andreeva
1/4
Sherif
1/2
Sakkari
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-4 7-5 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 2 11
Tot Games 19 22 16 23 17 97
pts 67-54 80-72 66-44 81-70 68-49 362-289
Total points 121 152 110 151 117 651
Winners 30 25 16 33 29 133
%Winners 45% 31% 24% 41% 43% 37%
SERVE
Aces 7 4 3 2 4 20
Double Faults 2 3 0 8 3 16
1st in 46/64 41/69 24/45 48/89 41/59 200/326
% 1st in 72% 59% 53% 54% 69% 61%
1st pts 30/46 25/41 16/24 33/48 29/41 133/200
% 1st pts 65% 61% 67% 69% 71% 67%
2nd pts 9/18 15/28 15/21 17/41 9/18 65/126
% 2nd pts 50% 54% 71% 41% 50% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5 5 6 4 25
Converted 5/5 5/12 5/13 6/9 4/10 25/49
Converted % 100% 42% 38% 67% 40% 51%
Conceded 8 4 2 9 6 29
Saved 6/8 1/4 1/2 5/9 5/6 18
Saved % 75% 25% 50% 56% 83% 58%
Times Broken 2 3 1 4 1 11

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Swiatek
LWWWWLWLWW
Sabalenka
WWWWWWLWWW
2025 2024 2023
26 - 8
31 - 5
21-6
Hard
23-4
5-2
Clay
8-1

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