Elina Svitolina and Iva Jovic will square off in the semifinal of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.4
Iva Jovic -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Iva Jovic
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elina Svitolina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7-0 | 7-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 13, Elina reached the semifinal after defeating Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-1, Katie Boulter 7-5 6-4 and Sonay Kartal 6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(5).
In the quarter, Elina defeated Kartal (6-4 6-72 7-65).During the match, Svitolina scored less points (2) than Kartal. In fact, the world no. 13 won 102 points vs Kartal’s. That means that Svitolina was more focused during the important points. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svitolina scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 70% of her first serves in, winning 66% (49/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Kartal 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Svitolina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (293-133). 3-0 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a composed 165-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2026, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Iva Jovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-18 | 24-13 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-10 | 20-7 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, Iva reached the semifinal after beating Gabriela Andrea Knutson 4-6 6-1 6-0, Sara Bejlek 7-6(3) 6-4 and Sofia Costoulas 6-2 7-6(6).
In the quarter, Iva had a good straight sets win against Costoulas (6-2 7-66). During the match Jovic scored 81 points vs Costoulas’s 66. Jovic was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Jovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Iva Jovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Costoulas 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Iva has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Jovic has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2026, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Jovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 67 |
| Pts | 256-225 | 236-178 |
| Total Points | 481 | 414 |
| Winners | 96 | 96 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Svitolina and Jovic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elina Svitolina lost 1 set, while Iva Jovic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Svitolina and Jovic have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Svitolina played 7 games more than Jovic. Elina scored 96 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jovic fired 96 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Jovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 148/233 | 148/214 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 96/148 | 96/148 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 44/85 | 36/66 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Svitolina bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Jovic managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Svitolina won 65% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Jovic won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Jovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 16 |
| Converted | 17/31 | 16/24 |
| % Converted | 55% | 67% |
| Conceded | 21 | 24 |
| Saved | 11 | 15 |
| % Saved | 52% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 9 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Elina lost her serve 10 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded. Jovic broke her opponents 16 times with a 67% conversion rate. Iva conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||||
| R1 Gracheva |
R2 Boulter |
1/4 Kartal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-72 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 36 | 74 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 86-75 | 102-104 | 256-225 | |
| Total points | 114 | 161 | 206 | 481 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 49 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 29% | 48% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 46/80 | 74/105 | 148/233 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 25/46 | 49/74 | 96/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 54% | 66% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 19/34 | 17/31 | 44/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 56% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | 5/9 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | 56% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/8 | 5/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 56% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Jovic | |||||
| R1 Andrea Knutson |
R2 Bejlek |
1/4 Costoulas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-0 | 7-63 6-4 | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 21 | 67 | |
| pts | 77-49 | 78-63 | 81-66 | 236-178 | |
| Total points | 126 | 141 | 147 | 414 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 36 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/66 | 47/66 | 56/82 | 148/214 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 71% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 28/47 | 36/56 | 96/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 60% | 64% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 9/19 | 12/26 | 36/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 47% | 46% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/10 | 5/8 | 16/24 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 60% | 63% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/10 | 8/11 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 73% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
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