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Fixture: Elina Svitolina vs Anna Kalinskaya (15)
Date: February 16, 2025
Tournament: 2025 Dubai Tennis Championship
Round: First Round (64 rounds)
Venue: Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hard (outdoor)
Prize: $3,654,963
Live Telecast: USA – Tennis Channel | UK – Sky Sports
Elina Svitolina vs Anna Kalinskaya Preview
Two-time Dubai Open champion Erina S Vitorina will face last year’s finalist Anna Karinkaya in the first round of the 2025 Dubai Open Championship on Sunday, February 16th.
Svitolina has a 5-3 victory record this season as she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open last month and after filming her first set, she lost to the final champion Madison Keys.
The 30-year-old Ukrainian was the second species at the Ladies Lintz Open in Upper Austria, but she was stumbling with a straight set of 4-6, 4-6 to Anna Brinkova in the first round. Last week she beat Markea Vondrousova 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round, but then suffered a 3-6, 6-7 (3) loss against Jessica Pegra Ta.
Meanwhile, World No. 18 Kalinskaya has a 3-4 victory record, and she retired in the second set after reaching the semi-finals in Singapore.
Kalinskaya lost in the first round at Brisbane International and Adelaide International before missing the Australian Open due to injury. Last week she experienced first round defeat at the Qatar Open against Spanish qualifiers Cristina Bucsa 7-6 (3), 5-7, 4-6.
Elina Svitolina vs Anna Kalinskaya head to head
Svitorina led Kalinskaya 1-0 in a record of percentages from the head when Svitorina won 6-3, 6-3 straight sets at the Italian Open last year.
Elina Svitolina vs Anna Kalinskaya odds
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Elina Svitolina vs Anna Kalinskaya Prediction
World No. 22 Erina Svitorina holds a 19-7 record at the Dubai Open Championship, as she won events in 2017 and 2018. He also reached the semi-finals in 2016 and 2019, but failed to reach the quarter-finals in his previous four appearances. In Dubai.
Former World No. 3 won 17 WTA titles in her career, but hasn’t won a title on the hard court since the 2021 Chicago Open, but she still has a favorite to win against Kalinkaya is. Their only previous meeting.
Karinskaya, 26, is making her third appearance at the event. She qualified for the tournament last year, knocking out world 9th Jelena Ostapenko, world 3rd Coco Gouf and world 1st Iga Swaitek, losing to Jasmine Parini in three sets in the final. So she surprised everyone.
After reaching the final at the Dubai Open last year, Karinskaya was not impressed by other hard court events. She has been unable to reach the finals on the surface in the last 12 months and has a 16-11 victory record on the hard court since the 2024 Dubai Open.
Pick: Svitrina wins in 3 sets
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