Clara Tauson outlasts Elina Svitolina 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Dubai on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Tauson will fight against Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Dubai
Tauson's Record

Tauson added to her prize money $ 18,100 after winning this match. She has already won $ 41,600 after this win. If she wins the next match, Clara will add $ 41,870 to her earnings to get in total $ 83,470 in total.

Highlights Clara Tauson vs. Elina Svitolina Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tauson
Svitolina
7-65 3-6 7-64
2h:41
114
114
Total points
115
115
53
53
Winners
45
45
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
61%
61%
1st in
60%
60%
69%
69%
1st won
73%
73%
53/77
53/77
1st won
45/62
45/62
47%
47%
2nd won
49%
49%
23/49
23/49
2nd won
20/41
20/41
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
5/20
5/20
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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Clara won this encounter even if she conquered less points than Svitolina (114 vs. 115).

Tauson

Tauson was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).

Svitolina

On the other side, Elina was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 5/20). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Tauson and Svitolina is 2-0 for Clara.

Draw and next match H2H: Clara Tauson vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Tauson will square off with Sabalenka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Clara Tauson and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sabalenka won 7-65 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in January 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tauson 7-6
TausonSvitolina
7
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
TausonSvitolina
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
2
6
2
6
3
6
4
6
5
TausonSvitolina
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TausonSvitolina
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
TausonSvitolina
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
TausonSvitolina
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TausonSvitolina
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TausonSvitolina
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TausonSvitolina
2
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
TausonSvitolina
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
TausonSvitolina
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
TausonSvitolina
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
TausonSvitolina
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TausonSvitolina
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40

Clara won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th

(2-4) game, The Dane broke back in the 7th (3-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.

The Dane converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Elina converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 95 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Clara won just 3 points more than the Ukrainian (49-46). Clara conceded 17 points on serve (30-17). In addition, on the other side, Elina conceded 19 points on serve (29-19).

2nd Set -
Svitolina 6-3
SvitolinaTauson
6
3
0
0
SvitolinaTauson
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaTauson
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SvitolinaTauson
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaTauson
1
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaTauson
0
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
SvitolinaTauson
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40

Tauson didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elina Svitolina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian managed to stage a great comeback to break Clara in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Clara couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 0-3 to 6-3.

Svitolina was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Dane was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 42 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Ukrainian won just 2 more points than Clara (22-20). The Ukrainian surrendered 9 points on serve (9-9). On the losing side, Tauson conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

3rd Set -
Tauson 7-6
TausonSvitolina
7
6
T
1
0
S
2
0
S
3
0
T
3
1
T
4
1
S
5
1
S
6
1
T
6
2
T
6
3
S
6
4
S
7
4
TausonSvitolina
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
TausonSvitolina
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
TausonSvitolina
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TausonSvitolina
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TausonSvitolina
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TausonSvitolina
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
TausonSvitolina
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TausonSvitolina
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
TausonSvitolina
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
Tauson
2
1
0
0

Tauson won the set after she broke the Ukrainian in the 3rd (2-1) game. Svitolina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Clara kept the situation under control to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

Clara won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 7th (6-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Svitolina won 2 minibreaks in the 9th (3-6) and 10th (4-6) point.

Clara won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 60 points. This set was so close that, Tauson won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Clara conceded 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

1st
Tauson
Svitolina
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Tauson
Svitolina
3-6
3
6
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Tauson
Svitolina
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1

Tennis Scores in Dubai

  • Linda NoskovaNoskova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-68 4-6 6-3)
  • Clara TausonTauson – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-65 3-6 7-64)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-0 6-2)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-4)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-3 6-2)
  • Paula BadosaBadosa – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 6-1)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Eva LysLys (6-2 7-5)
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-0 6-4)
  • Sofia KeninKenin – Marta KostyukKostyuk (5-7 7-67 7-65)
  • Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 6-3)
  • Mccartney KesslerKessler – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 7-5)

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