Aryna Sabalenka and Clara Tauson will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.173
Clara Tauson -> 5
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Clara Tauson
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Clara Tauson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Clara Tauson – Australian Open 17-January-2025
Aryna Sabalenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-6 | 23-4 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-14 | 38-7 | 15-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-18 | 24-11 | 13-3 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Sabalenka reached the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sabalenka scored 77 points vs Kudermetova’s 64. The Belarussian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sabalenka made 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 61% of her first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Kudermetova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (386-170). 12-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has an aggregate 239-94 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Brisbane where she overcame Polina Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Sabalenka has a composed 12-2 win-loss record in 2025, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Clara Tauson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-10 | 14-5 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 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 reached the 3rd round after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(7) 6-0 and Elina Svitolina 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round, Clara defeated Svitolina (7-65 3-6 7-64).During the match Tauson scored less points (1) than Svitolina. In fact, the world no. 1 won 114 points vs Svitolina’s. That means that Tauson was more focused during the important points. Clara was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Tauson struck 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Clara Tauson lost the serve 5 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 61% of her first serves in, winning 69% (53/77) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. Tauson broke Svitolina 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Clara has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Auckland where she beat Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..
Clara has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 54 |
| Pts | 77-64 | 187-165 |
| Total Points | 141 | 352 |
| Winners | 34 | 79 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Sabalenka played 1 match while Tauson competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Clara Tauson conceded 1 set while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sabalenka has played 3 set(s) less than Tauson (2 vs 5). Therefore, Sabalenka played 35 games less than Tauson. Sabalenka scored 34 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tauson made 79 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 48/79 | 106/181 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 79/106 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 39/75 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 52% |
Sabalenka scored 3 aces . Tauson struck 18 aces (9 per match). Sabalenka won 71% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 20 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Sabalenka broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Sabalenka dropped her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Dane broke her opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Clara conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R2 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 77-64 | 77-64 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/79 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tauson | ||||
| R1 Sramkova |
R2 Svitolina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-0 | 7-65 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| pts | 73-50 | 114-115 | 187-165 | |
| Total points | 123 | 229 | 352 | |
| Winners | 26 | 53 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 77/126 | 106/181 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 53/77 | 79/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 23/49 | 39/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 15/20 | 15 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLLWLW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-68 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-65 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Marta KostyukKostyuk (5-7 7-67 7-65) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Eva LysLys (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- David PichlerPichler – Maxime TchoutakianTchoutakian (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Maxim RatniukRatniuk (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Ljubomir CelebicCelebic – Martins PodzusPodzus (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Maxim KrapivinKrapivin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre FaivreFaivre – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Sebastian PrechtelPrechtel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Kenneth RaismaRaisma (7-5 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Stefan MicovMicov (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- 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
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Clara TausonTauson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-0) – H2H and prediction
