Iga Swiatek and Varvara Gracheva will play each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 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 -> 1.037
Varvara Gracheva -> 11.5
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Varvara Gracheva
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Varvara Gracheva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2023.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Varvara Gracheva – Beijing 03-October-2023
Iga Swiatek
52 - 6win/loss
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WLWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-6 | 22-3 | 26-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 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. 1she will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Paris where she beat 6-2 6-1 to Anna Schmiedlova in the Bro. on the 2nd of August.
Swiatek has an overall 52-6 win-loss record in 2024, 22-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where she beat Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Doha where she overcame Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(8) 6-2 and in Indian Wells where she overcame Maria Sakkari in the final 6-4 6-0 and in Madrid where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 4-6 7-6(7) and in Rome where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-2 6-3 and at the French Open where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-2 6-1.
Talking about her overall career, Iga has an overall 337-73 record. She has a positive 155-40 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.
Varvara Gracheva
23 - 20win/loss
69
39
WWWLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 7-8 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-1, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-3 and Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 2-6 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, Gracheva defeated Tomljanovic (6-3 2-6 7-65).During the match Gracheva scored less points (3) than Tomljanovic. In fact, the world no. 1 won 105 points vs Tomljanovic’s. That means that Gracheva was more focused during the important points. Varvara was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Gracheva struck 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 58% of her first serves in, winning 60% (44/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Tomljanovic 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Varvara’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Paris.
Gracheva has an overall 23-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Stephan GerritsenGerritsen – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Mats HermansHermans (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clement GeensGeens – Luca GelhardtGelhardt (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stephan FransenFransen – Marc GinerGiner (6-74 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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