Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina
🤜 Head to Head: Swiatek leads 6-4 (4-0 in 2025)
- Swiatek d. Rybakina, 7-6 (5), 6-4 – 2025 United Cup semifinals
- Swiatek d. Rybakina, 6-2, 7-5 – 2025 Doha quarterfinals
- Swiatek d. Rybakina, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 2025 Roland Garros fourth round
- Swiatek d. Rybakina, 7-5, 6-3, 2025 Cincinnati semifinals
After a dominant opening victory over Madison Keys, 2023 WTA Finals champion Iga Swiatek could be the first from the Serena Williams Group to reach the semifinals should she score a fifth straight win over Elena Rybakina on Monday—and if Keys defeats Amanda Anisimova -or- if Swiatek wins in straight sets and Anisimova wins in three.
Though she cannot reclaim the No. 1 ranking this week, Swiatek continued her second-half surge in Riyadh, avenging an Australian Open semifinal loss to Keys in just over an hour and losing just five points behind her first serve.
In a group full of heavy hitters, Swiatek has quickly emerged the favorite given her turn in head-to-head against Rybakina, who was the last woman to qualify thanks to a winning stretch through the Asia Swing. Rybakina was once one of Swiatek’s biggest rivals, winning four of their first six meetings, but the Kazakh has fallen behind in a big way in 2025 with the loss of all four matches this season. Still, Rybakina was close to beating Swiatek on her best surface earlier this year in Paris, and scored an efficient win of her own against Anisimova to kick off her Riyadh campaign.
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