Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini will clash against each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.32
Jasmine Paolini -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Jasmine Paolini

This will be the 3^rd time that Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Paolini won 4-6 5-2 ret. in the 3^rd round in Cincinnati back in 2023.

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 4, Elena reached the quarter after beating Victoria Azarenka 4-6 6-2 ret. and Magdalena Frech 7-6⁵ 3-6 6-4.

In the 3^rd round, The Kazakhstani defeated Frech (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-4). During the match, Rybakina scored 108 points vs Frech’s 103. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rybakina made 13 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Elena Rybakina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 63% of her first serves in, winning 77% (50/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Frech 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Rybakina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (306-135). 17-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has an overall 144-69 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-0 6-3 and in Abu Dhabi where she beat Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-1 6-4.

Rybakina has a composed 17-3 win-loss record in 2024, 17-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Jasmine Paolini

Ranked no. 26, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 4-6 6-4 6-0, Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-3 6-4 and Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-2.

In the 3^rd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-4 6-2). During the match Paolini scored 61 points vs Sakkari’s 48. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Paolini couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jasmine Paolini lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paolini put 75% of her first serves in, winning 49% (20/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the 2nd serve. Jasmine broke Sakkari 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The Italian has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Paolini
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	50	63
Pts	163-155	210-179
Total Points	318	389
Winners	73	97
%Winners	45%	46%

Rybakina played 2 matches while Paolini competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina lost 2 sets, while Jasmine Paolini dropped 1 set. Rybakina has played 1 set(s) less than Paolini (6 vs 7). Therefore, Rybakina played 13 games less than Paolini. Rybakina scored 73 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Paolini scored 97 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Paolini
Aces	17	3
Avg per match	8.5	1
1st in	95/155	158/208
%1st in	61%	76%
1st pts	73/95	97/158
%1st pts	77%	61%
2nd pts	28/60	26/50
%2nd pts	47%	52%

Rybakina struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Paolini bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Rybakina won 77% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Paolini won 61% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Paolini
Won	5	16
Converted	5/13	16/20
% Converted	38%	80%
Conceded	12	25
Saved	8	17
% Saved	67%	68%
Times Broken	4	8

Elena broke her opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Italian broke her opponents 16 times with a 80% conversion rate. Jasmine conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R2 Azarenka	R3 Frech	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 ret.	7-65 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	32	50
pts	55-52	108-103	163-155
Total points	107	211	318
Winners	23	50	73
%Winners	42%	46%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	13	17
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	30/51	65/104	95/155
% 1st in	59%	63%	61%
1st pts	23/30	50/65	73/95
% 1st pts	77%	77%	77%
2nd pts	11/21	17/39	28/60
% 2nd pts	52%	44%	47%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/5	3/8	5/13
Converted %	40%	38%	38%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	2/3	6/9	8
Saved %	67%	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Paolini
	R1 Haddad Maia	R2 Annie	R3 Sakkari	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-0	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	26	19	18	63
pts	79-68	70-63	61-48	210-179
Total points	147	133	109	389
Winners	43	34	20	97
%Winners	54%	49%	33%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	0	3
Double Faults	3	3	0	6
1st in	60/78	57/75	41/55	158/208
% 1st in	77%	76%	75%	76%
1st pts	43/60	34/57	20/41	97/158
% 1st pts	72%	60%	49%	61%
2nd pts	8/18	7/18	11/14	26/50
% 2nd pts	44%	39%	79%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5	6	16
Converted	5/6	5/7	6/7	16/20
Converted %	83%	71%	86%	80%
Conceded	6	11	8	25
Saved	4/6	8/11	5/8	17
Saved %	67%	73%	63%	102%
Times Broken	2	3	3	8

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