Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin will square off in the 3rd round of Wimbledon for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Court 3. 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 Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.85
Elina Svitolina -> 1.952

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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Sofia Kenin

This will be the 6th time that Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 7-5 7-6(10) in the R in Shenzhen back in 2019.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs Sofia Kenin – Shenzhen 01-November-2019

Elina Svitolina

Elina Svitolina

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
14
High
3
LWLLLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-15 14-8 18-3 1-2 3-2 0-0
2024 30-18 16-9 10-7 0-0 4-2 0-0
2023 21-12 4-3 12-7 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 5-8 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 41-20 31-13 8-4 0-0 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 76, Elina got to the 3rd round after defeating Venus Williams 6-4 6-3 and Elise Mertens 6-1 1-6 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Svitolina defeated Mertens (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match, Svitolina scored 67 points vs Mertens’s 51. Svitolina was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svitolina struck 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Elina Svitolina was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Elina broke Mertens 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elina has dropped 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.

Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (338-170). 2-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Svitolina has an overall 19-17 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Strasbourg where she defeated Anna Blinkova in the final 6-2 6-3.

Svitolina has an overall 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Svitolina's Record

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
28
High
4
LLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-26 19-18 9-5 0-0 3-3 0-0
2024 16-26 10-17 5-6 0-0 1-3 0-0
2023 27-21 17-12 3-4 1-2 6-3 0-0
2022 10-17 7-14 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0
2021 11-10 7-5 3-4 0-0 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 128, Kenin reached the 3rd round after defeating Irina Falconi 6-3 6-2, Moyuka Uchijima 6-0 6-3, Taylor Townsend 6-3 6-3, Cori Gauff 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Xinyu Wang 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-4 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 60 points vs Wang’s 52. The American was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Kenin wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 61% of her first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Wang 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Sofia’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.

The American has a composed 17-14 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Wimbledon
Kenin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Svitolina
S.Kenin
2h:55
2h:55
Time on court​
!
6h:58
6h:58
1h:23
1h:23
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
2
2
Match played
!
5
5
40
40
Games Played​
97
97
5
5
Set played​​
11
11
140
140
Total points​
363
363
70
70
Avg point​
72.6
72.6
53
53
Winners
150
150
26.5
26.5
Avg Winners​
30
30
38%
38%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
4
4
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
0.8
0.8
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
1.4
1.4
53/78
53/78
1st won total​
150/227
150/227
68%
68%
1st won %
66%
66%
27/46
27/46
2nd won total​
60/94
60/94
59%
59%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
9/14
9/14
BP won
22/48
22/48
4.5/7
4.5/7
Avg BP won
4.4/9.6
4.4/9.6
!
64%
64%
Won
46%
46%
8
8
Conceded
26
26
4
4
Avg Conceded
5.2
5.2
4
4
Broken
8
8
2
2
Avg Broken
1.6
1.6
4
4
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Svitolina Kenin
Match played 2 5
Tot Set 5 11
Tot Games 40 97
Pts 140-108 363-274
Total Points 248 637
Winners 53 150
%Winners 38% 41%

Svitolina played 2 matches while Kenin competed in 5 matches. Kenin started her run from the qualifications while Svitolina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina dropped 1 set, while Sofia Kenin surrendered 1 set. Svitolina has played 6 set(s) less than Kenin (5 vs 11). Therefore, Svitolina played 57 games less than Kenin. Svitolina scored 53 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kenin made 150 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Svitolina Kenin
Aces 9 4
Avg per match 4.5 0.8
1st in 78/124 227/321
%1st in 63% 71%
1st pts 53/78 150/227
%1st pts 68% 66%
2nd pts 27/46 60/94
%2nd pts 59% 64%

Svitolina managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kenin scored 4 aces (0.8 per match). Svitolina won 68% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Svitolina Kenin
Won 9 22
Converted 9/14 22/48
% Converted 64% 46%
Conceded 8 26
Saved 4 18
% Saved 50% 69%
Times Broken 4 8

The Ukrainian broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sofia broke her opponents 22 times with a 46% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.

Svitolina
R1
Williams
R2
Mertens
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-1 1-6 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 21 40
pts 73-57 67-51 140-108
Total points 130 118 248
Winners 22 31 53
%Winners 30% 46% 38%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 9
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 36/58 42/66 78/124
% 1st in 62% 64% 63%
1st pts 22/36 31/42 53/78
% 1st pts 61% 74% 68%
2nd pts 14/22 13/24 27/46
% 2nd pts 64% 54% 59%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/9 4/5 9/14
Converted % 56% 80% 64%
Conceded 6 2 8
Saved 4/6 0/2 4
Saved % 67% 0% 34%
Times Broken 2 2 4
Kenin
Q1
Falconi
Q2
Uchijima
Q3
Townsend
R1
Gauff
R2
Wang
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 2 11
Tot Games 17 15 18 28 19 97
pts 74-57 56-29 76-57 97-79 60-52 363-274
Total points 131 85 133 176 112 637
Winners 29 23 33 45 20 150
%Winners 39% 41% 43% 46% 33% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 1 1 0 4
Double Faults 3 1 1 0 2 7
1st in 46/66 27/41 54/71 66/87 34/56 227/321
% 1st in 70% 66% 76% 76% 61% 71%
1st pts 29/46 23/27 33/54 45/66 20/34 150/227
% 1st pts 63% 85% 61% 68% 59% 66%
2nd pts 10/20 10/14 9/17 16/21 15/22 60/94
% 2nd pts 50% 71% 53% 76% 68% 64%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 4 4 22
Converted 5/12 4/8 5/11 4/10 4/7 22/48
Converted % 42% 50% 45% 40% 57% 46%
Conceded 6 1 9 6 4 26
Saved 4/6 1/1 7/9 4/6 2/4 18
Saved % 67% 100% 78% 67% 50% 181%
Times Broken 2 0 2 2 2 8

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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