Iga Swiatek [1 POL] – Alison Riske [USA]
Roland-Garros 2022 – Women’s Singles Second Round
- Iga Swiatek has a 2-0 head-to-head lead over Alison Riske; both matches were on clay court (Madrid and Rome) and in 2021.
- Last year in Madrid, Iga Swiatek only dropped two games against Alison Riske.
- Iga Swiatek has won 38 matches this year (including Billie Jean King qualifiers), two more than during the entire 2021 season.
- Against Lesia Tsurenko in the First Round, Iga Swiatek won a set by 6-0 for the 14th time in 2022.
- Iga Swiatek now has 29 wins in a row, the fourth-best sequence since 2000, after Venus Williams (35 in 2000), Serena Williams (34 in 2013) and Justine Henin (32 in 2008).
- If she wins at Roland-Garros for the second time, Iga Swiatek could become the fourth player to win multiple titles in the women’s tournament at the French Open in the 21st century, alongside Justine Henin (4), Serena Williams (3) and Maria Sharapova (2).
- With 5 consecutive titles this season (Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart and Rome), Iga Swiatek can become the third player in the 2000s to win 6 trophies in a row, alongside Justine Henin (2008) and Venus Williams (2000), if she claims the trophy again in Paris.
- Alison Riske’s best result in a Grand Slam was reaching the Quarter-finals in Wimbledon in 2019 (lost to Serena Williams); in the French Open, she has the Second Round in 2014 and 2022 as her best results.
- After defeating Dayana Yastremska, Alison Riske broke a 6-year streak exiting the French Open in the First Round (from 2015 to 2020).
- This will be the third time Alison Riske faces a top-ten player in 2022: she is 1-1, having defeated #9 Garbine Muguruza in Indian Wells and losing to #5 Aryna Sabalenka in Charleston.
Paula Badosa [3 ESP] – Kaja Juvan [SLO]
Roland-Garros 2022 – Women’s Singles Second Round
- Paula Badosa will face Kaja Juvan for the first time in her professional career.
- In her First-Round match against Fiona Ferro, Paula Badosa won 92.9% of the points played on her first serve (26/28): her highest ratio in a single match in the last two seasons.
- Paula Badosa has won 92.9% of the points played on her first serve: the highest ratio in a single Grand Slam match in this season - previously it was held by Ashleigh Barty against Camila Giorgi at the Australian Open (92.6%).
- Paula Badosa has won 22 of the 23 matches played this season after she won the opening set.
- Paula Badosa has won 14 of the 15 Grand Slam main-draw matches played after she won the opening set - she only lost to Ludmilla Samsonova at the Australian Open 2021.
- In two previous appearances at the French Open main draw, Paula Badosa reached the Fourth Round in 2020 (lost to Laura Siegemund) and the Quarter-finals in 2021 (lost to Tamara Zidansek).
- The French Open 2021 Quarter-finals are Paula Badosa’s best result in Grand Slam tournaments: she reached the Fourth Round in the Australian Open this year, the Second Round of the 2021 US Open and the Fourth Round at Wimbledon, also last season.
- Before this year, Kaja Juvan had a 1-3 record at the French Open; the last time she had won a First-Round match was in 2020, against Angelique Kerber.
- Kaja Juvan won her two latest matches against top-ten opponents, in 2022: beat #2 Aryna Sabalenka in Adelaide 1 and defeated #8 Karolina Pliskova in Strasbourg.
- In Grand Slam play, Kaja Juvan has never passed through the Third Round: she reached that stage in the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2021, her best performances at that level.
Maria Sakkari [4 GRE] – Karolina Muchova [CZE]
Roland-Garros 2022 – Women’s Singles Second Round
- This will be the third meeting between Maria Sakkari and Karolina Muchova, with both players splitting wins; the latest match was in 2021 in Madrid, on clay, and Muchova won 60 67 75.
- Maria Sakkari had her best French Open result last year, when she reached the Semi-finals (lost to Barbora Krejcikova), followed by two Third-Round matches in 2018 and 2020.
- Maria Sakkari’s best results in Grand Slam tournaments were in 2021: besides the Semi-final at Roland-Garros, she was also between the last four players at the US Open (lost to Emma Raducanu) – in both cases, she lost to the eventual champion.
- Maria Sakkari is 4-3 on clay-court tournaments this season, including retirements; her best performance was in Rome, where she reached the Quarter-finals (lost to Ons Jabeur).
- Before playing the Roland-Garros Semi-final in 2021, the last time Maria Sakkari had reached such stage in a clay-court tournament was in 2019 in Rome (lost to Karolina Pliskova).
- Karolina Muchova went to the Australian Open Semi-finals in 2021 (lost to Jennifer Brady): her best result in a Grand Slam tournament.
- This is Karolina Muchova’s fourth appearance at the Roland-Garros main draw, and her best run was reaching the Third Round last season (lost to Sloane Stephens).
- Karolina Muchova will be facing a top-ten player for the first time this season: in 2021, she had a record of 4-0 against opponent ranked that high (defeated #6 Karolina Pliskova, #1 Ashleigh Barty, #2 Naomi Osaka and #7 Bianca Andreescu).
Madison Brengle [USA] –Aryna Sabalenka [7 BLR]
Roland-Garros 2022 – Women’s Singles Second Round
- Aryna Sabalenka holds a 2-0 head-to-head lead against Madison Brengle.
- While Aryna Sabalenka just dropped five games in the first match against Madison Brengle, at the 2018 Miami Open, two years later the match was decided in three sets (61 67 62).
- Aryna Sabalenka is within one win from matching her best years at the French Open: she reached the Third Round in 2020 and 2021.
- Aryna Sabalenka had 42 winners and won 75% of the net points in her First-Round match against Chloe Paquet.
- Madison Brengle has lost her two matches against top-ten players in 2022: to #9 Garbine Muguruza in Dubai and to #2 Iga Swiatek at the Miami Open.
- Madison Brengle has a 5-17 record against top-ten players in Grand Slams. She does not beat a player ranked that high in such tournaments since Wimbledon 2021, when she defeated #6 Sofia Kenin in the Second Round.
- This is Madison Brengle’s ninth appearance at the Roland Garros main draw; she is 2-8 in Paris and has reached the Second Round in 2017 and 2021.
- If Madison Brengle wins, she will have advanced to the Third Round at least once in all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Simona Halep [19 ROU] – Qinwen Zheng [CHN]
Roland-Garros 2022 – Women’s Singles Second Round
- Simona Halep won the only previous meeting against Qinwen Zheng, a Semi-final in Melbourne this year.
- Simona Halep is the last Roland-Garros champion that won the Grand Slam while being World No.1, in 2018.
- Simona Halep has advanced to the Roland-Garros Second Round for the eighth time in a row.
- There is no player with that many main-draw matches in the French Open than Simona Halep (42).
- Simona Halep has played three Finals at the French Open: since 2000, only Serena Williams and Justine Henin (both four) have managed to reach more.
- This is Qinwen Zheng’s first time playing at Roland-Garros.
- Qinwen Zhang’s only previous Grand-Slam experience was reaching the Second Round at the 2022 Australian Open.
