Elina Svitolina and Clara Tauson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 3 sets.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.64
Clara Tauson -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Clara Tauson
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Clara Tauson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tauson won 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in the W100 Oeiras back in 2023.
Elina Svitolina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-15 | 14-8 | 18-3 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-18 | 16-9 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-12 | 4-3 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-20 | 31-13 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Elina got to the 2nd round after defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Elina had a good straight sets win against Kalinskaya (6-1 6-2). During the match, Svitolina scored 57 points vs Kalinskaya’s 40. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Svitolina put 44% of her first serves in, winning 75% (15/20) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Svitolina broke Kalinskaya 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (301-143). 6-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a composed 185-85 record in the last years on hard.
Svitolina has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Clara Tauson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-22 | 23-13 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-28 | 19-16 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 13-4 | 4-5 | 21-4 | 0-2 | 4-0 |
Ranked no. 38, the Dane got to the 2nd round after beating Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(7) 6-0.
In the 1st round, Tauson had a good straight sets win against Sramkova (7-67 6-0). During the match Tauson scored 73 points vs Sramkova’s 50. The Dane was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Tauson blasted 9 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Clara Tauson was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of her 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tauson broke Sramkova 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..
Tauson has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 57-40 | 73-50 |
| Total Points | 97 | 123 |
| Winners | 15 | 26 |
| %Winners | 26% | 36% |
Both Svitolina and Tauson played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svitolina and Tauson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Svitolina played 4 games less than Tauson. Elina scored 15 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Tauson bagged 26 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 9 |
| 1st in | 20/45 | 29/55 |
| %1st in | 44% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 26/29 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 62% |
Svitolina blasted 1 ace . Tauson also fired 9 aces . Svitolina won 75% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 90% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 86% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Svitolina broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Elina lost her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Dane broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dane was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Svitolina | |||
| R1 Kalinskaya | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 57-40 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tauson | |||
| R1 Sramkova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-50 | 73-50 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 29/55 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
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- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Maxim RatniukRatniuk (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ljubomir CelebicCelebic – Martins PodzusPodzus (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Maxim KrapivinKrapivin (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre FaivreFaivre – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Sebastian PrechtelPrechtel (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Kenneth RaismaRaisma (7-5 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Stefan MicovMicov (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Ons JabeurJabeur – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Alycia ParksParks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-3) – H2H and prediction