Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will square off in the semifinal of the Western & Southern Open for the 12^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on Center 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 -> 1.43
Aryna Sabalenka -> 2.84

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Aryna Sabalenka

This will be the 12^th time that Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 8-3 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Rome back in May 2024.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Aryna Sabalenka – Rome 18-May-2024

Iga Swiatek

Currently world no. 1she will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she defeated 4-6 6-3 7-5 to Andreeva in the quarter on the 17^th of August.

Swiatek has a compiled 55-6 win-loss record in 2024, 25-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where she overcame Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Doha where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(8) 6-2 and in Indian Wells where she overcame Maria Sakkari in the final 6-4 6-0 and in Madrid where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 4-6 7-6(7) and in Rome where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-2 6-3 and at the French Open where she beat Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-2 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, Swiatek has an overall 340-73 record. She has a positive 158-40 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 3, Sabalenka reached the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3 6-4, Elina Svitolina 7-5 6-2 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Sabalenka had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-3 6-2). During the match Sabalenka scored 59 points vs Samsonova’s 38. Aryna was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Sabalenka bagged 5 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aryna Sabalenka was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sabalenka broke Samsonova 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title at the Australian Open where she beat Qinwen Zheng in the final 6-3 6-2.

Aryna has a compiled 37-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018, 2022 and 2023. See her history.