Iga Swiatek and Ekaterina Alexandrova will play each other in the 3rd round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on Center Court. 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.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.072
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 8.4
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but Alexandrova leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Madrid back in 2023.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Madrid 01-May-2023
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-4 | 22-3 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 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 the Pole reached the 3rd round after beating Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Iga had a good straight sets win against Cirstea (6-1 6-1). During the match, Swiatek scored 57 points vs Cirstea’s 29. Iga was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Swiatek couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault. Iga Swiatek was very effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of her 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Iga broke Cirstea 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Swiatek has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 81% of her matches (293-68). 8-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has a compiled141-38 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Australia where she defeated Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0.
The Pole has a compiled 8-1 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-11 | 9-7 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, Ekaterina got to the 3rd round after beating Viktoriya Tomova 7-65 6-3 and Erika Andreeva 6-0 3-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Alexandrova defeated Andreeva (6-0 3-6 6-1). During the match Alexandrova scored 77 points vs Andreeva’s 56. Alexandrova was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Alexandrova fired 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Ekaterina broke Andreeva 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandrova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Ekaterina’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Linz.
The Russian has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 44 |
| Pts | 57-29 | 146-117 |
| Total Points | 86 | 263 |
| Winners | 20 | 64 |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% |
Swiatek played 1 match while Alexandrova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova surrendered 1 set while Iga Swiatek hasn’t dropped a set so far. Swiatek has played 3 set(s) less than Alexandrova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Swiatek played 30 games less than Alexandrova. Swiatek scored 20 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterina blasted 64 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 84/133 |
| %1st in | 72% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 64/84 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 20/49 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 41% |
Swiatek didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alexandrova scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Swiatek won 77% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 45% | 59% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Pole broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Swiatek was rock solid on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Ekaterina broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | |||
| R2 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 57-29 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Tomova |
R2 Andreeva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-0 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 77-56 | 146-117 | |
| Total points | 130 | 133 | 263 | |
| Winners | 37 | 27 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 35% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/69 | 36/64 | 84/133 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 56% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 27/36 | 64/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/21 | 15/28 | 20/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 54% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/9 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 33% | 96% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Doha
- Cristina Bucsa/Monica NiculescuBucsa/Monica Niculescu – Miyu Kato/Aldila SutjiadiKato/Aldila Sutjiadi (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Caroline Dolehide/Desirae KrawczykDolehide/Desirae Krawczyk – Nicole Melichar/Ellen PerezMelichar/Ellen Perez (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Cori GauffGauff (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-0 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Elise MertensMertens (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 7-69) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Xinyu WangWang (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandr NedovyesovNedovyesov – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-3 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Joao DominguesDomingues (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Patrik RiklRikl (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
