Madison Keys vs Elina Svitolina Prediction: the American player will win

Prediction for the WTA Australian Open match which will take place on January 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Madison Keys

Before the Melbourne Grand Slam, Keys played a tournament in Adelaide, where she triumphed over her compatriot Pegula in the final. In Melbourne, Keys has wins over American Lee, Romanian Ruse, another American Collins and Kazakhstan's Rybakina. The score of the match against Elena 6:3, 1:6, 6:3 in favour of Madison, the match lasted an hour and 50 minutes. During the game Keys made 4 aces and six double faults, won 61% of points on first serve and 48% on second serve.

Elina Svitolina

The Ukrainian finished last season at the end of August with a match against Gauff at the US Open. In Melbourne, Elina has wins over Romanian Kirstej, American Dolheid, Italian Paolini and Russian Kudermetova. Overall, Svitolina has only lost one set to Paolini in Australia at the time of writing this prediction. The score of the match against Kudermetova 6:4, 6:1 in favour of Elina, the match lasted an hour and 20 minutes. During the game Svitolina made 5 aces with 3 double faults, won 67% of points on the first serve and 55% on the second. 

H2H Meetings

Keys and Svitolina played each other five times, the score of the confrontation 3:2 in favour of the American. It should be noted that 100 per cent of head-to-head meetings between the tennis players played on hard courts, the last time the girls crossed paths in 2022 at the tournament in Adelaide. At the Australian Open, Keys and Svitolina played once, in 2019 and that meeting was won by Elina in three sets.

Expert Betting Tips

Keys knocked Elena Rybakina out of the draw, but Svitolina was the top-ranked player at the Australian Open, beating Paolini in three sets. Keys has a slight advantage in head-to-head meetings, but Svitolina beat Madison in her only match in Melbourne. We think that the line for the upcoming encounter should be closer to even, both are not young, but both are well prepared for the tournament, plus they have experience of beating each other. According to the line we are on the outsider's side, we believe that Svitolina has a good chance to win at least through a plus handicap. Overall, we wouldn't be surprised if Elina eventually makes it to the semi-finals of the first Grand Slam of the season.

W2 for 2.75

W2 for 2.73

Correct Score 1:2 for 5.00