Elina Svitolina ousts the 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini 4-6 7-6(6) 6-1 in the 4th round in Paris on Sunday. This run will match her best achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elina added to her prize money € 175,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 440,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add € 250,000 to her earnings to get in total € 690,000 in total.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Jasmine Paolini French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Paolini is 2-0 for Elina.
Live score progression and stats
Svitolina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Paolini to win the set since the Ukrainian found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Italian maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Jasmine was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Elina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Paolini was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Elina (40-32). The Italian dropped 14 points on serve (19-14). on the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).
Svitolina won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game, The Ukrainian broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Elina won 7 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (5-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Jasmine won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Svitolina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40). Svitolina saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. Moreover, on the other side, Jasmine converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Svitolina won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Jasmine (40-41). The Ukrainian conceded 20 points on serve (20-20). On the losing side, Paolini conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
Svitolina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Svitolina to win the set since the Italian found the way to break back in the 5th
(1-4) game. Svitolina kept her cool to break Jasmine in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).A defining moment of this set was when the Ukrainian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Svitolina converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Jasmine converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (0-4 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 50 points. Elina was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Paolini (30-20). Svitolina dropped 12 points on serve (16-12). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (4-6 7-66 6-1)
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