H2H, prediction of Elena Rybakina vs Katie Volynets in Abu Dhabi with odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Abu Dhabi. Rybakina and Volynets will face off in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Elena Rybakina and Katie Volynets will square off in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 2nd time in their career. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.112
Katie Volynets -> 6.5

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Katie Volynets

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Katie Volynets fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2022.

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina

6 - 2win/loss

Hard
6-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
5
High
3
LWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-2 6-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 43-11 23-5 12-2 2-2 6-2 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 5, Elena will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-3 1-6 6-3 to Keys in the 4th round on the 20th of January.

The Kazakhstani has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Rybakina’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Australia.

Talking about her overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 338-145 record. She has a positive 156-73 record on hard.

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2024. See her history.

Rybakina
Abu Dhabi
Rybakina's Record

Katie Volynets

Katie Volynets
Katie Volynets

5 - 3win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
68
High
56
WWWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-3 5-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 46-24 23-16 18-6 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 30-27 22-14 8-7 0-1 0-5 0-0
2022 36-26 19-15 13-7 0-0 4-4 0-0
2021 29-25 12-12 12-8 1-2 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 68, Katie got to the 2nd round after beating Heather Watson 6-4 6-3, Daria Saville 7-6(8) 6-3 and Sonay Kartal 3-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Kartal, Katie recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Volynets scored 98 points vs Kartal’s 96. Volynets was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Volynets scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Katie Volynets lost the serve 7 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 70% of her first serves in, winning 54% (37/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kartal 8 times after converting 44% of her break points (8/18).

Volynets has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Katie has never competed in this tournament before.

Volynets
Abu Dhabi
Volynets's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rybakina
LWWWLWWW
Volynets
WWWLLLWW
2025 2024 2023
6 - 2
5 - 3
6-2
Hard
5-3

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