Iga Swiatek and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the final of the Korea Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.168
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 5.1

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

This will be the 8th time that Iga Swiatek and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Swiatek won 6-3 6-1 in the 4th round in at the U.S. Open back in September 2025.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – U.S. Open 01-September-2025

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek

56 - 13win/loss

Hard
35-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-4
Grass
10-1
Rank
2
High
1
WWLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 64-17 40-10 11-4 3-2 10-1 0-0
2024 64-9 29-5 26-2 7-1 2-1 0-0
2023 68-11 42-8 19-2 0-0 7-1 0-0
2022 67-9 42-6 18-1 5-1 2-1 0-0
2021 36-15 18-10 12-2 2-1 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 2, Iga reached the final after defeating Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-2, Barbora Krejcikova 6-0 6-3 and Maya Joint 6-0 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Joint (6-0 6-2). During the match, Swiatek scored 58 points vs Joint’s 30. Iga was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Swiatek bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 76% of her first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 17% (2/12) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Joint 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Swiatek hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 82% of her matches (405-89). 35-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Swiatek has an aggregate 197-50 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title at the Wimbledon where she overcame Amanda Anisimova in the final 6-0 6-0 and in Cincinnati where she defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final 7-5 6-4.

The Pole has an overall 56-13 win-loss record in 2025, 35-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Iga has never competed in this tournament before.

Seoul
Swiatek's Record

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

41 - 19win/loss

Hard
16-11
I Hard
4-0
Clay
13-5
Grass
8-3
Rank
10
High
10
LLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-25 22-16 13-5 4-1 8-3 0-0
2024 26-25 17-13 1-7 3-2 5-3 0-0
2023 33-21 17-13 6-5 0-1 10-2 0-0
2022 35-18 12-10 13-5 4-2 6-1 0-0
2021 26-23 10-9 6-5 7-7 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Alexandrova got to the final after defeating Lois Boisson 4-6 6-2 6-2, Ella Seidel 6-2 6-3 and Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-4 6-2). During the match Alexandrova scored 78 points vs Siniakova’s 69. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Alexandrova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 50% (19/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexandrova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Linz where she overcame Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.

Ekaterina has an overall 41-19 win-loss record in 2025, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.

Seoul
Alexandrova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Swiatek
E.Alexandrova
4h:04
4h:04
Time on court​
4h:57
4h:57
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
3
3
Match played
3
3
46
46
Games Played​
61
61
6
6
Set played​​
7
7
188
188
Total points​
235
235
62.7
62.7
Avg point​
78.3
78.3
62
62
Winners
85
85
20.7
20.7
Avg Winners​
28.3
28.3
33%
33%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
15
15
2.3
2.3
Avg Aces
5
5
9
9
Double Faults
24
24
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
62/94
62/94
1st won total​
85/118
85/118
66%
66%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
36/67
36/67
2nd won total​
49/105
49/105
54%
54%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
18/37
18/37
BP won
16/28
16/28
6/12.3
6/12.3
Avg BP won
5.3/9.3
5.3/9.3
49%
49%
Won
!
57%
57%
16
16
Conceded
27
27
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
9
9
5
5
Broken
7
7
1.7
1.7
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
11
11
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Swiatek Alexandrova
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 7
Tot Games 46 61
Pts 188-117 235-189
Total Points 305 424
Winners 62 85
%Winners 33% 36%

Both Swiatek and Alexandrova played 3 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova surrendered 1 set while Iga Swiatek hasn’t dropped a set so far. Swiatek has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandrova (6 vs 7). Therefore, Swiatek played 15 games less than Alexandrova. Swiatek scored 62 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterina managed to score 85 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Swiatek Alexandrova
Aces 7 15
Avg per match 2.3 5
1st in 94/161 118/223
%1st in 58% 53%
1st pts 62/94 85/118
%1st pts 66% 72%
2nd pts 36/67 49/105
%2nd pts 54% 47%

Swiatek managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Alexandrova blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Swiatek won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Swiatek Alexandrova
Won 18 16
Converted 18/37 16/28
% Converted 49% 57%
Conceded 16 27
Saved 11 20
% Saved 69% 74%
Times Broken 5 7

Iga broke her opponents 18 times with a 49% conversion rate. Iga conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
R2
Cirstea
1/4
Krejcikova
1/2
Joint
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 15 14 46
pts 69-49 61-38 58-30 188-117
Total points 118 99 88 305
Winners 15 17 30 62
%Winners 22% 28% 52% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 2 7
Double Faults 1 5 3 9
1st in 25/53 31/58 38/50 94/161
% 1st in 47% 53% 76% 58%
1st pts 15/25 17/31 30/38 62/94
% 1st pts 60% 55% 79% 66%
2nd pts 17/28 17/27 2/12 36/67
% 2nd pts 61% 63% 17% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 6 6 18
Converted 6/17 6/10 6/10 18/37
Converted % 35% 60% 60% 49%
Conceded 7 5 4 16
Saved 5/7 3/5 3/4 11
Saved % 71% 60% 75% 69%
Times Broken 2 2 1 5
Alexandrova
R2
Boisson
1/4
Seidel
1/2
Siniakova
Total
Score 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 26 17 18 61
pts 89-74 68-46 78-69 235-189
Total points 163 114 147 424
Winners 41 25 19 85
%Winners 46% 37% 24% 36%
SERVE
Aces 6 8 1 15
Double Faults 14 7 3 24
1st in 48/87 32/69 38/67 118/223
% 1st in 55% 46% 57% 53%
1st pts 41/48 25/32 19/38 85/118
% 1st pts 85% 78% 50% 72%
2nd pts 14/39 16/37 19/29 49/105
% 2nd pts 36% 43% 66% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 6 5 16
Converted 5/8 6/10 5/10 16/28
Converted % 63% 60% 50% 57%
Conceded 9 11 7 27
Saved 7/9 8/11 5/7 20
Saved % 78% 73% 71% 74%
Times Broken 2 3 2 7

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