Did you know that...
...Elena Rybakina leads the head-to-heads 3-2 with Iga Swiatek? They last faced each other this year on a hard court in Doha. The match was however won 7-6(8), 6-2 by the Pole The Kazakh however won all three times they played in the previous season (Australian Open, Indian Wells and Rome).
...Iga Swiatek has won almost twice as much prize money as Elena Rybakina? The world No. 1 who is two years younger than her opponent has amassed 27,169,071 dollars, Rybakina currently totals 13,325,930 dollars.
...Elena Rybakina is the tallest player at the 47th Porsche Tennis Grand Prix? Measuring 1.84 metres, she is therefore eight centimetres taller than Swiatek at 1.76 metres.
...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 10-0 record in the Porsche Arena.
...Elena Rybakina has never made it to the semifinals in Stuttgart? In her two previous appearances, the 24-year-old exited in the last 16 on both occasions.
...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.
...Elena Rybakina has this year reached the semifinals five times in eight attempts? January’s Australian Open (2nd round) and the tournaments in Adelaide and Dubai (both in the quarterfinals) are the only events in which she was knocked out earlier.
...Iga Swiatek has won seven of her 19 titles on clay?
...Elena Rybakina and Iga Swiatek have both won 24 matches this year? It is more than any other player on the WTA Tour.
...Iga Swiatek won 37 consecutive matches in 2022?
...no player on the WTA Tour has hit as many aces as Elena Rybakina? Her opponents have failed to touch 197 of her deliveries.
... Iga Swiatek holds her serve more often than any other player? The Pole wins 83 per cent of her service games.
...Iga Swiatek has already topped the world rankings for 99 weeks?
...Elena Rybakina has won two of her seven titles on clay. The Kazakh triumphed at the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome in 2023 and previously in Bucharest in 2019.
...Iga Swiatek is a big fan of rock music? Her favourites are AC/DC and Pink Floyd.
