H2H, prediction of Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina in Rome with odds, preview, pick | 17th May 2023

PREVIEW. Rome. Swiatek and Rybakina will square off in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 17th of May

Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina

Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina will play each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.24
Elena Rybakina -> 4.1

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina

This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Rybakina won 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Indian Wells back in March 2023.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Iga Swiatek – Indian Wells 17-March-2023

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
2
High
1
WWWWLWLWWW
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 got to the quarter after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 6-0, Lesya Tsurenko 6-2 6-0 and Donna Vekic 6-3 6-4.

In the 4th round, Swiatek had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Swiatek scored 67 points vs Vekic’s 53. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Swiatek managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Iga Swiatek lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 69% of her first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Iga was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Vekic 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Pole hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 80% of her matches (245-61). 12-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has a compiled104-15 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

The Pole has an aggregate 28-5 win-loss record in 2023, 12-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Swiatek
Rome
Swiatek's Record

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
6
High
3
WWLLWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-11 23-5 12-2 2-2 6-2 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. 6 (career-high), the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after defeating Jasmine Paolini 7-64 6-1, Anna Kalinskaya 4-3 ret. and Marketa Vondrousova 6-3 6-3.

In the 4th round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Vondrousova (6-3 6-3). During the match Rybakina scored 63 points vs Vondrousova’s 51. Rybakina was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Rybakina struck 4 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elena Rybakina lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 62% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Rybakina broke Vondrousova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Indian Wells where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-6(11) 6-4.

Rybakina has an overall 27-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020 and 2022. See her history.

Rybakina
Rome
Rybakina's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Swiatek
E.Rybakina
3h:58
3h:58
Time on court​
3h:22
3h:22
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
3
3
Match played
3
3
45
45
Games Played​
45
45
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
180
180
Total points​
162
162
60
60
Avg point​
54
54
74
74
Winners
66
66
24.7
24.7
Avg Winners​
22
22
41%
41%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
13
13
2
2
Avg Aces
4.3
4.3
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
74/102
74/102
1st won total​
66/97
66/97
!
73%
73%
1st won %
68%
68%
26/51
26/51
2nd won total​
30/68
30/68
51%
51%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
15/29
15/29
BP won
11/19
11/19
5/9.7
5/9.7
Avg BP won
3.7/6.3
3.7/6.3
!
52%
52%
Won
!
58%
58%
9
9
Conceded
22
22
3
3
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
2
2
Broken
6
6
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
2
2
7
7
Saved
16
16

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Swiatek Rybakina
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 45 45
Pts 180-116 162-133
Total Points 296 295
Winners 74 66
%Winners 41% 41%

Both Swiatek and Rybakina played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Swiatek and Rybakina have played the same amount of sets 6. They also played the same amount of games (45). Swiatek scored 74 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Rybakina managed to score 66 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Swiatek Rybakina
Aces 6 13
Avg per match 2 4.3
1st in 102/153 97/165
%1st in 67% 59%
1st pts 74/102 66/97
%1st pts 73% 68%
2nd pts 26/51 30/68
%2nd pts 51% 44%

Swiatek blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Rybakina scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Swiatek won 73% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Swiatek Rybakina
Won 15 11
Converted 15/29 11/19
% Converted 52% 58%
Conceded 9 22
Saved 7 16
% Saved 78% 73%
Times Broken 2 6

Swiatek broke her opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Pole lost her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Rybakina broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
R2
Pavlyuchenkova
R3
Tsurenko
R4
Vekic
Total
Score 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 12 14 19 45
pts 57-29 56-34 67-53 180-116
Total points 86 90 120 296
Winners 21 19 34 74
%Winners 37% 34% 51% 41%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3 6
Double Faults 1 2 1 4
1st in 28/43 28/43 46/67 102/153
% 1st in 65% 65% 69% 67%
1st pts 21/28 19/28 34/46 74/102
% 1st pts 75% 68% 74% 73%
2nd pts 7/15 9/15 10/21 26/51
% 2nd pts 47% 60% 48% 51%
Breaks
Won 6 6 3 15
Converted 6/16 6/10 3/3 15/29
Converted % 38% 60% 100% 52%
Conceded 1 1 7 9
Saved 1/1 0/1 6/7 7
Saved % 100% 0% 86% 62%
Times Broken 0 1 1 2
Rybakina
R2
Paolini
R3
Kalinskaya
R4
Vondrousova
Total
Score 7-64 6-1 4-3 ret. 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 1 2 5
Tot Games 20 7 18 45
pts 74-59 25-23 63-51 162-133
Total points 133 48 114 295
Winners 28 11 27 66
%Winners 38% 44% 43% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 4 13
Double Faults 3 3 0 6
1st in 44/77 16/28 37/60 97/165
% 1st in 57% 57% 62% 59%
1st pts 28/44 11/16 27/37 66/97
% 1st pts 64% 69% 73% 68%
2nd pts 16/33 5/12 9/23 30/68
% 2nd pts 48% 42% 39% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 1 5 11
Converted 5/7 1/5 5/7 11/19
Converted % 71% 20% 71% 58%
Conceded 9 5 8 22
Saved 6/9 4/5 6/8 16
Saved % 67% 80% 75% 74%
Times Broken 3 1 2 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Swiatek
WWWWLWLWWW
Rybakina
WWLLWLLWWW
2024 2023 2022
64 - 9
42 - 11
29-5
Hard
23-5
7-1
I Hard
1-2
26-2
Clay
12-2
2-1
Grass
6-2

Tennis Scores in Rome

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Soccer Tonic Predictions
Bonus

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