French Open: Marta Kostyuk vs. Iga Swiatek - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

In-form Marta Kostyuk faces four-time Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek successful a mouthwatering fourth-round tussle connected Sunday, aiming to widen her winning run.

The Ukrainian has reeled disconnected 15 consecutive wins connected clay this play and volition backmost herself to extremity her losing tally against the Polish star, who produced her finest showing to decision compatriot Magda Linette successful consecutive sets.

Match preview

When Elena Rybakina defeated Kostyuk successful Miami, the Ukrainian had mislaid 3 of her erstwhile 5 matches and would astir apt ne'er person imagined her ongoing tally heading into the French Open 4th round.

Since that straight-sets defeat, however, the Ukrainian has stormed to 15 wins connected the trot connected clay, with her latest occurrence against Viktorija Golubic seeing her emulate respective legends of the sport.

Only 4 players had won that galore matches to commencement the clay play — Venus Williams (2004), Justin Henin (2005), Serena Williams (2012, 2013) and Swiatek (2022) — but Kostyuk has present go the fifth.

The Rouen and Madrid champion present heads into Sunday with the momentum of a winning streak and a brace of titles up of facing Swiatek, the finest clay-court subordinate of this era, aiming to scope the quarter-finals successful Paris for the archetypal time.

Having held a 40% triumph complaint astatine Roland Garros earlier this year's tournament, Kostyuk, whose 2021 tally to the 4th circular was her finest showing, present bids to go a two-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist to lucifer her 2024 Australian Open run.

Swiatek volition person a happening oregon 2 to accidental astir her in-form hostile arsenic she bids to debar her earliest French Open exit since her 2019 debut.

That quality ended successful the 4th circular against Simona Halep, who dropped conscionable 1 crippled against the young Pole en way to a quarter-final run.

Swiatek followed that with a tally of 4 titles successful 5 years heading into past year's tournament, wherever she chased a 4th consecutive crown lone to autumn to Aryna Sabalenka successful the semis.

Back successful her favourite playground connected Philippe-Chatrier, the erstwhile satellite No. 1 is bidding to extremity her two-year drought without a clay rubric by clinching a 5th French Open triumph.

Despite dropping service 3 times successful Friday's triumph implicit Linette, Swiatek perchance produced her finest showing astatine this year's tournament, particularly considering that the six-time Slam victor mislaid their erstwhile gathering successful Miami aft taking the opening set.

Fresh disconnected emulating Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martinez and Monica Seles to go the sixth pistillate successful the Open Era to marque the past 16 successful her archetypal 8 French Open appearances, Swiatek present aims to beforehand to her seventh consecutive quarter-final successful the French capital.

Tournament truthful far

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

Iga Swiatek:

First round: vs. Emerson Jones 6-1 6-2

Second round: vs. Sara Bejlek 6-2 6-3

Third round: vs. Magda Linette 6-4 6-4

Head To Head

Cincinnati Open (2024) – Round of 16: Swiatek 6-2 6-2

Indian Wells Open (2024) – Semi-final: Swiatek 6-2 6-1

French Open (2021) – Round of 16: Swiatek 6-3 6-4

Swiatek has dominated her rivalry with Kostyuk, who has not taken a acceptable disconnected the Polish prima successful their erstwhile meetings.

The four-time Slam victor has dropped conscionable 14 games successful those meetings, which see a 2021 French Open fourth-round lucifer erstwhile the 24-year-old played the Ukrainian arsenic defending champion.

Further matches betwixt the brace person besides gone the mode of Swiatek, whose wins astatine Indian Wells and Cincinnati person demonstrated the satellite No. 3's superiority crossed aggregate surfaces and conditions.

However, Kostyuk heads into their archetypal gathering successful 2 years arsenic an undeniably antithetic subordinate and hopes her existent momentum counts for thing arsenic she bids to instrumentality down the 3rd effect successful Paris.

We say: Swiatek to triumph successful 3 sets

After erstwhile one-sided tussles, Kostyuk’s existent level means that different straightforward triumph for Swiatek is acold from guaranteed.

That said, this aboveground is the Polish star’s favourite, and portion the past 2 years person shown her vulnerability, the four-time champion is backed to scope different quarter-final successful the French capital.