Iga Swiatek hustles Barbora Krejcikova 4-6 7-5 6-2 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Sunday. Swiatek will face off with Cori Gauff in the Round Robin. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Swiatek won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Riyadh
Swiatek's Record

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Barbora Krejcikova WTA Finals – Riyadh

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek
Krejcikova
4-6 7-5 6-2
2h:33
100
100
Total points
88
88
39
39
Winners
35
35
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
61%
61%
1st in
58%
58%
70%
70%
1st won
63%
63%
39/56
39/56
1st won
35/56
35/56
50%
50%
2nd won
45%
45%
18/36
18/36
2nd won
18/40
18/40
-- Break Points --
6/17
6/17
Total
4/9
4/9
35%
35%
Won
44%
44%
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At the end of the match, the Pole scored 100 points vs. Krejcikova’s 88.

Swiatek

Swiatek struck 10 aces and she committed 5 double faults. Swiatek won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.

Krejcikova

On the other side, the Czech had some problems converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Krejcikova is 3-2 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Swiatek will fight against Gauff in the Round Robin.

This will be the 13th time that Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff clash against each other. The head to head is 11-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Paris back in June 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Krejcikova 6-4
KrejcikovaSwiatek
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
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40
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3
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15
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40
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Swiatek commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). That was sufficient for the Czech to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

They contested 73 points. Krejcikova was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Iga (39-34). Barbora surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).

2nd Set -
Swiatek 7-5
SwiatekKrejcikova
7
5
0
15
15
15
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15
40
15
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7
5
0
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0
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4
15
0
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4
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15
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40
SwiatekKrejcikova
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3
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15
15
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15
40

Swiatek enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Iga succeeded in coming back to break the Czech 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5

) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Swiatek failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.

An important stage of this set was when Swiatek won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 0-3 to 4-3.

Iga converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Barbora converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (3-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40).

They played 71 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Czech (40-31

). The Pole dropped 14 points on serve (23-14). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
3rd Set -
Swiatek 6-2
SwiatekKrejcikova
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
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2
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1
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40
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40
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15
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0
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15
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30

Swiatek had a great start in this set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Iga to win the set since Barbora succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. Iga maintained her cool to break Krejcikova in the 8th (6-2) game.

A crucial moment of this set was when Swiatek won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Pole converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, Krejcikova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 45 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Czech (27-18). Iga was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (10-4). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).

1st
Swiatek
Krejcikova
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Swiatek
Krejcikova
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
Swiatek
Krejcikova
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Riyadh

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  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-4)
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