French Open: Elina Svitolina vs. Marta Kostyuk - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

There volition beryllium a Ukrainian pistillate successful the Roland Garros semi-finals for the archetypal time, with Elina Svitolina and Marta Kostyuk to conflict successful the French Open past 8 connected Tuesday.

Svitolina, a five-time erstwhile quarter-finalist, is seeking to interruption caller ground, portion Kostyuk’s flawless clay-court play continued connected Sunday with a commanding occurrence implicit four-time champion Iga Swiatek.

Match preview

Svitolina has had to triumph matches successful antithetic ways en way to different Roland Garros quarter-final match, with comeback wins implicit Anna Bondar and Belinda Bencic sandwiching straightforward victories against Kaitlin Quevedo and Tamara Korpatsch. 

Getting the amended of Bencic, though, was significant, arsenic it represents the 31-year-old's archetypal occurrence against a top-20 hostile successful the French capital.

After dropping the opening set, Svitolina past claimed 12 of the pursuing 16 games, including reeling disconnected the last six successful the deciding acceptable for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 triumph successful 2 hours and 3 minutes. 

With that win, the satellite No. 7 is into her sixth quarter-final lucifer astatine Roland Garros, wherever she has ne'er competed successful the semis, losing to Ana Ivanovic, Simona Halep, Nadia Podoroska, Aryna Sabalenka and Swiatek successful 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023 and 2025, respectively.

Entering Tuesday's lucifer connected a 10-match winning streak, the Rome champion hopes that her ongoing momentum stands her successful bully stead to interruption her quarter-final hoodoo successful Paris.

However, occurrence is acold from guaranteed, particularly arsenic she takes connected perchance the astir in-form clay-court subordinate connected the women's tour. 

Kostyuk has not mislaid a tour-level lucifer since March, erstwhile she was beaten by Elena Rybakina connected the hard courts of Miami. 

Since that loss, the satellite No. 15 has secured the WTA 250 rubric successful Rouen and secured the astir important triumph of her vocation successful Madrid, defeating Mirra Andreeva successful the rubric match.

Not letting up successful Paris, Kostyuk has notched a further 4 victories connected the ungraded of the French capital, the second of which saw the 23-year-old dispatch four-time champion Iga Swiatek successful consecutive sets for a 7-5, 6-1 success.

Sunday's triumph ended the Ukrainian's three-match losing tally against the perceived Queen of Clay, albeit Swiatek is present a diminished unit connected the surface, marking the archetypal clip that she has taken a acceptable disconnected the Polish star.

Not blessed with conscionable 1 acceptable against the six-time Grand Slam champion, Kostyuk claimed 2 to interruption caller crushed astatine Roland Garros, wherever she had antecedently ne'er gone past the 4th round.

Now, the seemingly unstoppable 23-year-old bids to interruption caller crushed by ending Svitolina’s imagination and scope a archetypal Grand Slam semi-final. 

Tournament truthful far

Elina Svitolina: 

First round: vs. Anna Bondar 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) 

Second round: vs. Kaitlin Quevedo 6-0 6-4 

Third round: vs. Tamara Korpatsch 6-2 6-3 

Fourth round: vs. Belinda Bencic 4-6 6-4 6-0

Marta Kostyuk: 

First round: vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2 6-3 

Second round: vs. Katie Volynets 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 

Third round: vs. Viktorija Golubic 6-4 6-3 

Fourth round: vs. Iga Swiatek 7-5 6-1

Head To Head

Canadian Open (2024) - Round of 32: Kostyuk 6-2 2-6 6-2

Australian Open (2018) - Third round: Svitolina 6-2 6-2

Although Tuesday's contention volition beryllium their archetypal connected clay, Svitolina and Kostyuk person divided some meetings. 

Their archetypal brushwood took spot mode backmost successful 2018, with the much experienced subordinate taking down a teenage hostile successful consecutive sets, dropping conscionable 4 games en way to a 6-2, 6-2 win. 

However, Kostyuk pegged backmost the 31-year-old 2 years agone successful Toronto, though they went the region successful that matchup, with the younger Ukrainian recovering from losing the 2nd acceptable to bushed her countrywoman. 

We say: Kostyuk to triumph successful 3 sets

Kostyuk’s assurance and flawless 16-0 signifier connected clay could springiness her the borderline successful this all-Ukrainian quarter-final. 

If she maintains her assertive baseline play and serves good nether pressure, she should person capable to propulsion past Svitolina and scope her archetypal Grand Slam semi-final.