Iga Swiatek grounds Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Dubai on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to fight against Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic or Nicole Melichar/Ellen Perez in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Elina Svitolina Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 63 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 47.
Swiatek
The Pole didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).
Svitolina
On the other side, Svitolina wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Svitolina is 2-1 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic or Nicole Melichar/Ellen Perez – stats
Swiatek will play either Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic or Nicole Melichar/Ellen Perez in the 4th round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic and 0-0 vs. Nicole Melichar/Ellen Perez.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking Svitolina 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
The Ukrainian was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Iga converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 40-A). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Svitolina (30-19). Iga conceded 8 points on serve (16-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Elina conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Swiatek got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Elina Svitolina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Swiatek refused to bow to come back to break Elina in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Iga was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Svitolina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 61 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Ukrainian (33-28). The Pole surrendered 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-65 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-2) – H2H details and stats
