Prediction Of Rybakina Vs Swiatek H2H, Who Will Win At ATP United Cup 2025?

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Rybakina and Swiatek are on the Day 9 Schedule at United Cup 2025 on 04 January 2025. 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?

Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan and Iga Swiatek from Poland will be facing each other in a tennis match. Rybakina currently leads the head-to-head series between them with a score of 4-2. Here are the previous match results between them:

– In 2021, they played in Ostrava on a hard court. Swiatek won the match with a score of 7-6(5) 6-2.
– In 2023, they met at the Australian Open on a hard court in the Round of 16. Rybakina emerged victorious with a score of 6-4 6-4.
– They faced each other again in 2023 at Indian Wells on a hard court. Rybakina won the match convincingly with a score of 6-2 6-2.
– Later in 2023, they played in Rome on clay in the quarterfinals. Rybakina initially lost the first set 2-6 but made a comeback, winning the next set 7-6(3) before the match was unfortunately retired at 2-2.
– In 2024, they competed in Doha on a hard court in the final. Swiatek won the match with a score of 7-6(8) 6-2.
– Lastly, they played in Stuttgart on clay in the semifinals in 2024. Rybakina won the match with a score of 6-3 4-6 6-3.

Elena Rybakina, who is 24 years old, is currently ranked number 6 in the WTA world rankings. Her career-high ranking is number 3. In 2024, she had an impressive record of 42 wins and 11 losses, winning three singles titles. Rybakina had successful performances at Brisbane, Abu Dhabi, and Stuttgart tournaments, and she reached the final at Doha and Miami. She also qualified for her second WTA Finals and defeated the world number 1 player, Sabalenka, in the group stage. Rybakina won a total of 8 titles in her career and has a win-loss record of 238-105.

In the year 2024, Rybakina had the fourth highest number of titles, with Swiatek, Sabalenka, and Shnaider being the only players who won more titles. She was also one of the nine players who won 40 or more matches in that year, and she had a remarkable 15-2 record at the WTA 500 level tournaments. Rybakina served a total of 358 aces during the season, which was the second highest on the tour. She also had a 79.5% service games won percentage in 2024, which was only surpassed by Swiatek.

Rybakina reached her second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open in 2023, although she lost to Sabalenka in three sets. Her performance in that tournament led to her debut in the top 10 rankings. She also won her first major title at Wimbledon in 2022, defeating Jabeur in the final. As she prepared for the 2025 season, Rybakina started working with coach Goran Ivanisevic.

It’s worth noting that Rybakina is one of four players who have recorded four wins against Swiatek, along with Sabalenka, Pegula, and Ostapenko. Rybakina had a strong start to the 2024 season, winning 26 out of her first 30 matches, including a 7-2 record in Australia. She finished the 2024 season at the WTA Finals, where she had a 1-2 record in the group stage, making it her only tournament after the US Open. Rybakina has also achieved eight career wins over top 2 ranked opponents, with five of them coming on hard courts. She has won five out of her last six matches against top 2 opponents on hard courts.

On the other hand, Iga Swiatek, who is 23 years old, currently holds the number 2 ranking in the WTA world rankings, with a career-high ranking of number 1. In 2024, she had an impressive win-loss record of 59-9, winning five titles. Swiatek achieved a three-peat at Roland-Garros and also won titles at Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid, and Rome. She crossed the $30 million mark in prize money and qualified for her fourth WTA Finals. Swiatek also won the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics.

In 2024, Swiatek led the tour in match wins, with 59 victories, and also won five titles and 30 WTA 1000 matches. She particularly excelled on clay courts, winning a tour-leading 26 matches on that surface. Swiatek held the WTA World No. 1 ranking for 50 consecutive weeks, bringing her total time at the top to 125 weeks. She won six titles in 2023, including her fourth Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros and an undefeated run at the WTA Finals in Cancun. She had an amazing season in 2023, finishing as the WTA World No. 1 player for the second consecutive year. Swiatek started her preparations for the 2025 season by working with coach Wim Fissette.

Swiatek will be making her third appearance at the United Cup, where she has an impressive record of 8 wins and 1 loss. In 2023, Swiatek won all five of her matches at the event, only dropping one set.

In addition, between the two players, they have a total of six major titles, with Swiatek winning five of them. Although Rybakina has a 4-2 advantage in their head-to-head series, they have split their four matches on hard courts, with two wins each.

In the mixed doubles category, Elena Rybakina will partner with Alexander Shevchenko from Kazakhstan, while Iga Swiatek will team up with Hubert Hurkacz from Poland.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Rybakina will win.
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