Did you know that...
...Iga Swiatek leads the head-to-heads 2-0 against Emma Raducanu? The Pole won the last meeting (6-3, 6-1) at the hard court tournament in Indian Wells in 2023. They faced each other for the first time on the WTA Tour in Stuttgart in 2022. Swiatek won 6-4, 6-4.
...Emma Raducanu has already reached the quarterfinals in Stuttgart on one occasion? She also made it to the last eight on her debut in 2022.
...Iga Swiatek has won almost seven times as much prize money as Emma Raducanu? The one-and-a-half year older Pole has earned 27,169,071 dollars whilst Raducanu totals 3,986,750 dollars.
...Emma Raducanu would become the first Briton to beat a world No. 1 if she wins today? The last time it happened was when her compatriot Johanna Konta overcame the Porsche Brand Ambassador Angelique Kerber in Eastbourne in 2017.
...Iga Swiatek is playing for the third time in Stuttgart and that she has won the title on each previous occasion? The title holder therefore has a 9-0 record in the Porsche Arena.
...Emma Raducanu was the first qualifier ever to win a Grand Slam at the 2021 US Open? She did not lose a single set during the whole tournament.
...Iga Swiatek would not be the first player to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix three times in a row since the tournament moved to Stuttgart? Maria Sharapova achieved the feat between 2012 and 2014.
...Emma Raducanu is 2-2 against Polish opponents?
...Iga Swiatek has won 37 of her last 38 matches against players outside the world Top 20? Emma Raducanu is currently ranked No. 303.
...Iga Swiatek has never been defeated by a British player? She is 4-0 up at the moment.
...Iga Swiatek has won seven of her 19 titles on clay?
...Emma Raducanu will be the third wild card player to take the winner’s car back home if she wins the Stuttgart tournament? Local hero Laura Siegemund from Porsche Team Germany celebrated the win in 2017 and the Belgian Justine Henin in 2010.
...Iga Swiatek has already topped the world rankings for 99 weeks?
...Iga Swiatek won 37 consecutive matches in 2022?
...Iga Swiatek has already won 23 matches this season? Only the Kazakh Elena Rybakina has been as successful.
...Emma Raducanu is a big sports fan? Alongside tennis, she is also interested in motorsport, horse riding, dancing, golf, skiing and basketball?
... Iga Swiatek holds her serve more often than any other player? The Pole wins 83 per cent of her service games.
...Emma Raducanu was born in Toronto, Canada? She only moved to Bromley in south London at the age of eight.
...Iga Swiatek is a big fan of rock music? Her favourites are AC/DC and Pink Floyd.
