Elena Rybakina powers past Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-2 in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday after playing a great match to win her 8th career title, the 3rd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This is the first time that the Kazakhstani conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this event so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Marta Kostyuk Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Rybakina’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 64 points vs. Marta’s 42.
Rybakina
Rybakina served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind her first serve. However she won only 48% points (10/21) on her second serve. Rybakina was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Kostyuk
On the other side, the Ukrainian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Kostyuk is 2-1 for Elena.
This was the 8th career title for the Kazakhstani. (see list of titles and finals). Marta 1st remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Austin 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). The Kazakhstani improved her lead after breaking the Ukrainian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Ukrainian was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Elena converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Kazakhstani was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Marta (34-19). Elena dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
Rybakina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd game (2-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for the Kazakhstani to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Elena was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Kostyuk was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Rybakina won 7 more points than Marta (30-23). Rybakina dropped 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the court, Marta conceded 6 points on serve (10-6).