

What Time Will Barbora Krejcikova Play Against Elena Rybakina?
Krejcikova and Rybakina are on the Day 11 Schedule at The Championships, Wimbledon 2024 on Thursday July 11, 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
In the upcoming semifinal match at Wimbledon, Barbora Krejcikova will face Elena Rybakina. Krejcikova leads their head-to-head record 2-0, having won both previous meetings on hard court, including their most recent encounter in the semifinal at the 2022 Ostrava tournament. Krejcikova is seeking her second Grand Slam final appearance after winning Roland Garros in 2021, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. This is Krejcikova’s second Grand Slam semifinal, with her previous best result at Wimbledon being the Round of 16 in 2021. If Krejcikova defeats Rybakina, she will become the third player to win their first three WTA main draw meetings against Rybakina, joining Aryna Sabalenka and Liudmila Samsonova. This will be Krejcikova’s second match against a top 10 player in 2024, the first being her quarterfinal loss to Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open.
This is Krejcikova’s fourth main draw appearance at Wimbledon, with her previous best result being the Round of 16 in 2021, where she lost to eventual champion Ashleigh Barty. In the Open Era, only three players, including Krejcikova, Jasmine Paolini, and Donna Vekic, have made the Women’s Singles semifinals at Wimbledon after turning 28. In her previous match against Jelena Ostapenko, Krejcikova won her first career grass court match against a former Grand Slam champion. Overall, she has a 5-2 record against former major champions in Grand Slam main draws across different surfaces.
Krejcikova’s tournament history at Wimbledon includes winning the doubles titles twice with partner Katerina Siniakova in 2018 and 2022. In this year’s singles tournament, Krejcikova has defeated Veronika Kudermetova, Katie Volynets, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Danielle Collins, and Jelena Ostapenko to reach her first semifinal since the 2023 Zhengzhou tournament, where she finished as the runner-up. She has a total of 11 wins against top 10 players in her career, with her most recent victory coming against world number one Iga Swiatek in the final at the 2023 Dubai tournament. She holds a 4-1 career record against players from Kazakhstan, including her previous victories against Rybakina. Krejcikova’s best singles result on grass was finishing as
the runner-up at the 2023 Birmingham tournament, losing to Ostapenko in the final. She is the only player from the Czech Republic to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, with the best results by Czech players being champion runs by Marketa Vondrousova in 2023, Petra Kvitova in 2014 and 2011, and Jana Novotna in 1998. The last time a player from the Czech Republic reached the Wimbledon semifinals was in 2023 with Vondrousova. Currently, Krejcikova is ranked 32nd, compared to her ranking of 11th at the same time last year. During last year’s European grass swing, she was the runner-up at Birmingham and reached the second round at Wimbledon. So far in 2024, she has won 12 matches.
On the other hand, Elena Rybakina is making her fourth appearance at Wimbledon, with her best result being winning the tournament in 2022, defeating Ons Jabeur in the final. She is the only former champion still remaining in the draw. In this year’s tournament, Rybakina has defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Laura Siegemund, Caroline Wozniacki, Anna Kalinskaya (via retirement), and Elina Svitolina to reach her first semifinal since the 2024 Madrid tournament, where she lost to Sabalenka. This is her second Wimbledon final in three years. Rybakina has an impressive record of 94 wins against top 50 players in her career, with her most recent victory coming against 21st-ranked Elina Svitolina in the previous round at Wimbledon. She has a 22-10 career record against players from the Czech Republic, and in 2024, she has a 3-0 record against Czech opponents. Although Rybakina has never beaten Krejcikova before, they haven’t faced each other in over two years. Rybakina has a record of 19 wins and 9 losses in WTA semifinal matches. Her only grass court title came at Wimbledon in 2022, and she is the only player from Kazakhstan to reach the Wimbledon semifinals or win the title. Currently, Rybakina is ranked fourth, compared to her ranking of third at the same time last year. In last year’s European grass swing, she reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the second round at Berlin. In 2024, she has won a total of 40 matches, with only Iga Swiatek winning more Tour level main draw matches this season with 45 wins.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Krejcikova will win.
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