Elena Rybakina and Iva Jovic will square off in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.045
Iva Jovic -> 10.5

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Iva Jovic

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 7, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after beating Emerson Jones 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Elena had a good straight sets win against Jones (6-1 6-1). During the match, Rybakina scored 59 points vs Jones’s 31. Elena was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rybakina struck 11 aces and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Elena Rybakina was very efficient on serve to win 78% (18/23) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Jones 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Rybakina has a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (329-142). 4-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has an aggregate 153-71 record in the last years on hard.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Australia.

Rybakina has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Iva Jovic

Ranked no. 191, Jovic got to the 2^nd round after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Parrizas-Diaz (6-2 6-1). During the match Jovic scored 62 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 36. Iva was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Jovic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Iva Jovic lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Parrizas-Diaz 5 times.

Iva has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Jovic has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Jovic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	15
Pts	59-31	62-36
Total Points	90	98
Winners	18	26
%Winners	31%	42%

Both Rybakina and Jovic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rybakina and Jovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rybakina played 1 game less than Jovic. Rybakina scored 18 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 26 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Jovic
Aces	11	2
Avg per match	11	2
1st in	23/40	33/59
%1st in	58%	56%
1st pts	18/23	26/33
%1st pts	78%	79%
2nd pts	11/17	11/26
%2nd pts	65%	42%

Rybakina recorded 11 aces . Jovic bagged 2 aces . Rybakina won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Jovic won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Jovic
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/5
% Converted	71%	100%
Conceded	3	7
Saved	3	6
% Saved	100%	86%
Times Broken	0	1

Rybakina broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Rybakina was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Iva broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R1 Jones	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	59-31	59-31
Total points	90	90
Winners	18	18
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	23/40	23/40
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	18/23	18/23
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	11/17	11/17
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Jovic
	R1 Parrizas-Diaz	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	62-36	62-36
Total points	98	98
Winners	26	26
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/59	33/59
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	26/33	26/33
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	11/26	11/26
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

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