Elina Svitolina def. Varvara Gracheva — Round of 32, ASB Classic 2026

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ASB Classic 2026

WTA 250HardAuckland, New Zealand

Played6 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇺🇦ranked WTA number 14 going into this drawWon

Elina Svitolina seeded 1 6 6

🇫🇷ranked WTA number 76 going into this draw

Varvara Gracheva 3 1

🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinavV. GrachevaVarvara Gracheva🇫🇷

🇺🇦Elina Svitolina

🇫🇷Varvara Gracheva

Match stats

Serve

2

Aces

3

2

Double faults

5

58%

1st serve in

67%

79%

1st serve points won

48%

40%

2nd serve points won

32%

63%

Service points won

42%

2/4

Break points saved

5/11

Return

58%

Return points won

38%

6/11

Break points won

2/4

68

Total points won

46

Head to head

2–0 Svitolina

  1. This matchAuckland R32won by Svitolina
  2. 2020ClayParis R128won by Svitolina

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

5–5

By surface

3–3

Hard

5–5

–

Clay

1–1

By round

1–0

R32

3–1

1–0

R16

1–2

1–2

First match at an event

3–3

–

At WTA 250s

1–2

How their matches go

6

Completed matches

12

50%

Won in straight sets

17%

0%

Won after losing a set

33%

17%

Lost after winning a set

0%

33%

Lost in straight sets

50%

–

Tiebreaks

0–3

0–1

Deciding sets

4–0

3/4

Won after winning set 1

3/3

0/2

Won after losing set 1

3/9

Serve and return, last 5 matches

53%

1st serve in

60%

71%

1st serve points won

54%

43%

2nd serve points won

41%

60%

Break points saved

46%

43%

Return points won

36%

37%

Break points won

46%

4.0

Aces a match

1.2

4.2

Double faults a match

4.8

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

134

Days since last match

75

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElina SvitolinaVarvara Gracheva
1Lost🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 96No. 96 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugLost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 14No. 14 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 Oct
2Lost🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 80No. 80 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 AugWon🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 62No. 62 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 Oct
3Lost🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 51No. 51 · 5 AugCanada QF · 5 AugLost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 46No. 46 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 Oct
4Won🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 7No. 7 · 3 AugCanada R16 · 3 AugLost🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 48No. 48 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 Oct
5Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 48No. 48 · 1 AugCanada R32 · 1 AugLost🇷🇺V. KudermetovaVeronika KudermetovaQF · 15 AugCincinnati QF · 15 Aug
6Won🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 66No. 66 · 30 JulCanada R64 · 30 JulWon🇩🇪E. SeidelElla SeidelNo. 127No. 127 · 14 AugCincinnati R16 · 14 Aug
7Lost🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 24No. 24 · 4 JulLondon R32 · 4 JulWon🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 14No. 14 · 12 AugCincinnati R32 · 12 Aug
8Won🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 108No. 108 · 2 JulLondon R64 · 2 JulWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 27No. 27 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 Aug
9Won🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 75No. 75 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 JunWon🇺🇸K. VolynetsKatie VolynetsNo. 108No. 108 · 8 AugCincinnati R128 · 8 Aug
10Lost🇧🇷B. Haddad MaiaBeatriz Haddad MaiaR16 · 25 JunBad Homburg R16 · 25 JunLost🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuR128 · 27 JulCanada R128 · 27 Jul