Elena Rybakina and Julia Riera will play each other in the 1st round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.055
Julia Riera -> 9.5

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Julia Riera

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Julia Riera since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

23 - 9win/loss

Hard
15-7
I Hard
2-0
Clay
6-2
Rank
11
High
3
LWWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-12 15-7 9-3 2-0 3-2 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. 12, Elena will start her run at the French Open after she won the title in Strasbourg after beating 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1 Samsonova in the final.

Elena has an overall 23-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Strasbourg where she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 355-152 record. She has a positive 93-38 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021 and 2024. See her history.

French Open
Rybakina's Record

Julia Riera

Julia Riera

17 - 10win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-6
Rank
190
High
93
LWLWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-13 7-4 12-8 0-0 1-1 0-0
2024 41-26 8-10 33-15 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 55-27 4-5 49-20 1-1 1-1 0-0
2022 50-26 8-5 42-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 41-17 21-8 20-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 204, Julia reached the 1st round after defeating Valentina Ryser 2-6 6-4 6-1, Talia Gibson 6-4 6-1 and Miriam Bianca Bulgaru 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Riera had a good straight sets win against Bianca Bulgaru (6-4 6-1). During the match Riera scored 59 points vs Bianca Bulgaru’s 37. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Riera recorded 5 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Julia Riera was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Riera broke Bianca Bulgaru 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Riera started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Vacaria and Bogota.

Riera has a compiled 17-10 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

French Open
Riera's Record

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