Elina Svitolina and Viktorija Golubic will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.15
Viktorija Golubic -> 5.5
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Viktorija Golubic
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Viktorija Golubic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2019.
Elina Svitolina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 9-5 | 10-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, the Ukrainian reached the 3rd round after beating Taylah Preston 6-2 6-2 and Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Tomova (6-1 6-3). During the match, Svitolina scored 61 points vs Tomova’s 37. Elina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Elina Svitolina lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 67% of her first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Tomova 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elina hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 63% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (313-150). 6-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svitolina has a compiled 192-92 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Svitolina’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Auckland.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Viktorija Golubic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 15-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 14-9 | 2-5 | 10-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 12-10 | 4-7 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-22 | 15-11 | 9-4 | 12-2 | 9-4 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 7-11 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, the Swiss reached the 3rd round after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 7-64 1-6 6-1 and Katerina Siniakova 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Viktorija defeated Siniakova (6-3 2-6 6-4). During the match Golubic and Siniakova scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 23 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Golubic was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Golubic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 78% of her first serves in, winning 56% (39/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Viktorija broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Golubic has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Golubic has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 54 |
| Pts | 121-72 | 179-175 |
| Total Points | 193 | 354 |
| Winners | 37 | 83 |
| %Winners | 31% | 46% |
Both Svitolina and Golubic played 2 matches. At the moment, Viktorija Golubic surrendered 2 sets while Elina Svitolina hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Svitolina has played 2 set(s) less than Golubic (4 vs 6). Therefore, Svitolina played 22 games less than Golubic. Svitolina scored 37 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Golubic made 83 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 133/184 |
| %1st in | 62% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 83/133 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 23/51 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 45% |
Svitolina fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Golubic scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Svitolina won 70% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Golubic won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 8 |
| Converted | 12/17 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 71% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 19 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 33% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Elina broke her opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Swiss broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | ||||
| R1 Preston |
R2 Tomova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 32 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 61-37 | 121-72 | |
| Total points | 95 | 98 | 193 | |
| Winners | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 33% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 29/43 | 53/85 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 20/29 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 8/14 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 57% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/7 | 12/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 86% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Golubic | ||||
| R1 Kudermetova |
R2 Siniakova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 1-6 6-1 | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | 54 | |
| pts | 93-89 | 86-86 | 179-175 | |
| Total points | 182 | 172 | 354 | |
| Winners | 44 | 39 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 63/94 | 70/90 | 133/184 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 78% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 39/70 | 83/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 56% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 10/20 | 23/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/9 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 56% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 7/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWLWLWWLW
WWWWWLLLWL Tennis Scores – Australian Open
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cori GauffGauff – Alycia ParksParks (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Diane ParryParry (1-6 6-1 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Sloane StephensStephens (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Yafan WangWang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oceane DodinDodin – Clara BurelBurel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Storm SandersSanders – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (4-1) – H2H and prediction
