

What Time Will Elina Svitolina Play Against Xinyu Wang?
Svitolina and Wang are on the Day 8 Schedule at The Championships, Wimbledon 2024 on Monday July 8, 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?
Elina Svitolina (UKR #21) is set to face Xinyu Wang (CHN #42) in their first meeting at Wimbledon. Svitolina is aiming to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament for the third time in her career. She has previously achieved quarterfinal appearances in consecutive years at the Australian Open in 2018 and 2019. In 2024, Svitolina has a 17-6 record against opponents ranked outside the top 30 in WTA events, with eight of those wins coming at Grand Slam tournaments. This is Svitolina’s tenth appearance at Wimbledon, and she has reached the semifinals twice, in 2019 and 2023. Overall, she has made 42 main draw appearances at Grand Slam events, advancing to the semifinals three times, twice at Wimbledon and once at the 2019 US Open. Svitolina has been seeded for the seventh time at The Championships, and her win in the fourth round brings her total Grand Slam wins to 95, which ranks her ninth among active players.
On the other hand, Xinyu Wang is the fifth Chinese player in the Open Era to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon, with the most recent being Shuai Zhang in 2019, who reached the quarterfinals. Wang has equaled her best career result at a Grand Slam event, reaching the Round of 16 at the US Open in 2023 (lost to Muchova). She is the first player since 2019 to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon by winning three completed three-set matches. Wang is seeking her ninth career WTA level quarterfinal, but her first on a grass court, with all previous eight quarterfinal appearances occurring on hard courts. In the second round of Wimbledon, Wang achieved her first career
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win over a top-ten player by defeating No. 5 and 2024 Berlin champion Jessica Pegula. The best result by a player from China at Wimbledon is a semifinal appearance by Zheng Jie in 2008. If Wang reaches the quarterfinals, she would become the fourth Chinese woman to do so, following Zheng Jie, Zhang Shuai, and Li Na.
In terms of their tournament history, Svitolina is making her third main draw appearance at Wimbledon, with her previous best result being the second round in 2023 (lost to Kenin). She has secured wins over Viktoriya Tomova, Jessica Pegula, and Harriet Dart to reach the fourth round, marking her first fourth round and third-round appearances at Wimbledon. This is only the second time in her career that she has reached the Round of 16 at a major, the first being the US Open in 2023 (lost to Muchova). Svitolina has a career record of 12 wins over top-50 players, including her recent victory over Jessica Pegula at Wimbledon 2024, which was her first career win over a top-ten player. She has a 1-0 record against players from Ukraine, having defeated Baindl at Linz in 2021. Wang’s previous best career result on grass was reaching the Round of 16 at Berlin in 2022. She is currently the only player from China to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon, with the best result by a Chinese player being a semifinal run by Jie Zheng in 2008. The last time a player from China reached the Round of 16 at Wimbledon was in 2019, with Zhang Shuai advancing to the quarterfinals. Wang is currently ranked No. 42, an improvement from her ranking of No. 73 at the same time last year.}
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Svitolina will win.
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