Elina Svitolina and Sonay Kartal will face off in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.25
Sonay Kartal -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Sonay Kartal

There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Sonay Kartal since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elina Svitolina

Elina Svitolina

18 - 6win/loss

Hard
11-5
I Hard
0-1
Clay
7-0
Rank
14
High
3
LWLLLWWWLW
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. 17, the Ukrainian will start her run in Madrid after she won the title in Rouen after beating 6-4 7-6(8) Danilovic in the final.

The Ukrainian has an aggregate 18-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Rouen where she beat Olga Danilovic in the final 6-4 7-6(8).

The Ukrainian won her last 7 matches.

Talking about her overall career, Elina has an overall 518-266 record. She has a positive 148-72 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2024. See her history.

Madrid
Svitolina's Record

Sonay Kartal

Sonay Kartal

11 - 7win/loss

Hard
8-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
Rank
70
High
44
LWWWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-20 12-10 6-5 1-1 5-4 0-0
2024 53-9 30-3 0-0 15-2 8-4 0-0
2023 32-18 7-3 11-6 8-4 6-5 0-0
2022 34-12 10-3 5-1 15-4 4-4 0-0
2021 15-1 5-0 10-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 60, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Jaqueline Cristian 6-2 7-5.

In the 1st round, Sonay had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-2 7-5). During the match Kartal scored 68 points vs Cristian’s 51. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Kartal blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sonay Kartal lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 82% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the 2nd serve. Sonay broke Cristian 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Sonay has a compiled 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Madrid
Kartal's Record

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