Jessica Pegula tops Elina Svitolina 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Washington on Friday. Pegula will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Maria Sakkari in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Jessica added to her prize money $ 20,523 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 43,323 till now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 30,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 74,161.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Elina Svitolina Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jessica scored 95 points vs. Elina’s 83.
Pegula
The American served extremely well to win 80% of the points (39/49) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (26/44) on her second serve. Jessica won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Svitolina
On the other side, the Ukrainian was battling in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pegula and Svitolina is 3-1 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Pegula will compete against Sakkari in the semifinal.
This will be the 8th time that Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats),but they are 3-3 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Doha back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Ukrainian grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Svitolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. This set was so close that, The Ukrainian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Svitolina dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
Pegula had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Elina Svitolina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Jessica to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Pegula didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Svitolina (29-21). The American lost 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Pegula had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Elina Svitolina in the 2nd game (2-0). The American managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Elina before winning the set (6-4).
Jessica was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Elina was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 68 points. Jessica was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Ukrainian (36-32). The American surrendered 12 points on serve (26-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Svitolina conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-4) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-0) – H2H details and stats