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Elina Svitolina vs. Bernarda Pera Head to Head, Preview, Prediction, and Betting Odds for French Open 2025 Third Round

Svitolina will be vying a spot in the fourth round, but can she past Pera first?

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The final match of day 6 on Court Simonne-Mathieu will feature the number 13 seed Elina Svitolina in action against Bernarda Pera. The two players have met only once before, so this match will be an interesting watch to see how they go about countering each other’s strengths and exploiting the weaknesses.

Svitolina cruised to victory in her round one matchup against Zeynep Sonmez with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 victory, but her second round win was a bit trickier as she won 7-6⁽⁴⁾, 7-5 against Anna Bondar.

Bernarda Pera also earned a straight-sets victory in the first round over home talent Caroline Garcia, but had to play three sets to get by Donna Vekic in her second round. The winner of this match will go on to play either Jasmine Paolini or Yuliia Starodubtseva in the next round.

𝐒𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 💪

She gets the better of Anna Bondar 7-6, 7-5 to advance to the third round.#RG25 #RolandGarros #SonySportsNetwork pic.twitter.com/wuv38e1AUC
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) May 28, 2025

Elina Svitolina vs Bernarda Pera Preview

The Ukrainian number 13 seed has had a pretty good year thus far. She won the title at Open de Rouen and has had multiple quarter-final runs, along with a semi-final appearance at Madrid.

Svitolina has a 75.1% service games won percentage with a break point save percentage of 61.4%. On returns, she has broken her opponent on nearly 50% of her break point chances.

Pera, on the other hand, has struggled quite a bit in 2025. Prior to the French Open, she held a 12-15 win-loss record with plenty of early exits. She has failed to get past the qualifier rounds at many events as well.

The Croatian-American player has struggled both on her serve and in return games. With 62 aces and 72 double faults, she has still managed to win 68.7% of her service games. While returning, she has only been able to win 33% of the points on first serve and has a low return games won percentage with just 24.8%.

Bernarda Pera powers into the third round! 💪🇺🇸 #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/m9hxWCL99A
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2025

Elina Svitolina vs Bernarda Pera Head-to-Head Record

Despite both players having played over 700 matches on the women’s tour, Svitolina and Pera have played each other only once before today’s match. In fact, their first and only meeting came way back in 2013. Svitolina won that match and now holds a 1-0 head-to-head lead.

Year	Event	Round	Winner	Score
2013	Prague	Round of 32	Elina Svitolina	6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Elina Svitolina vs Bernarda Pera Career Comparison

Although both players are of similar age, their career paths have taken different directions. Svitolina turned pro in 2010 and has racked up 18 career titles, while reaching a career-high of number 3 in the rankings. Pera has not had similar levels of success. She turned pro in 2014 and has just 2 titles to her name. Her career-best ranking peaked at number 27.

Elina Svitolina	Category	Bernarda Pera
14	Ranking	83
509-266	Career W-L	414-275
25-8	YTD W-L	12-15
18	Career Titles	2
0	Grand Slams	0
1	YTD Titles	0

Elina Svitolina vs Bernarda Pera French Open 2025 Prediction

Svitolina is the far better player when it comes to these two, and her stats and form back up this claim. The Ukrainian has enjoyed a great season with one title and other deep runs, while Pera has not had much success. Svitolina should manage to pull through and reach the next round.

Prediction: Svitolina in straight sets

Also Read: Jasmine Paolini vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva Preview, Prediction and Betting Odds for the French Open 2025 Round 3

Elina Svitolina vs Bernarda Pera French Open 2025 Betting Odds

The betting odds also favor Svitolina over Pera, and it would come as no surprise if the Ukrainian manages to pull ahead 2-0 in their head-to-head.

Elina Svitolina Win: 1/12

Bernarda Pera Win: 7/1

(According to BetMGM)

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