Swiatek vs Rybakina Prediction 12/26/2025 Today’s Tennis Picks

Top 5 stars and Grand Slam champions Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina will face off at the World Tennis Continental Cup exhibition on December 26. Here’s our Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina prediction. This preview will also include an Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina pick.

Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina Preview

Iga Swiatek finished the 2025 season ranked 2nd in the WTA rankings. She won three titles. One of those was a Grand Slam at Wimbledon, making her the first Polish player to win the singles title at SW19. Her other two titles were on hard courts. Swiatek was triumphant in Cincinnati, where she defeated Elena Rybakina along the way and also lifted the WTA 500 in Seoul after a titanic battle against Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Swiatek’s WTA season ended with a group stage elimination at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, where she lost two out of three matches. But she would be in action less than two weeks later, helping Poland qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers with victories over New Zealand and Romania. Swiatek won two singles matches.

Elena Rybakina finished the WTA season as the most in-form player on tour with 11 straight wins. Rybakina was the last player to qualify for the WTA Finals after winning the WTA 500 in Ningbo and making the semifinals in Tokyo before she pulled out because of injury. Rybakina would win the WTA championships in Riyadh without losing a single match. She garnered victories over Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, and Aryna Sabalenka in the title match.

Having started the year outside the top 10, Rybakina became a top 5 player once again after a dominant end to the season, where she won the second biggest title of her career. Overall, she completed a 59-19 record.

Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina Head-To-Head

Swiatek and Rybakina have played 11 times in one of the most interesting rivalries on tour. Swiatek leads the head-to-head 6-5, but was outclassed in three sets when she met Rybakina at the WTA Finals.

Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina Prediction

Rybakina completely outplayed Swiatek at the WTA Finals, and she was virtually unbeatable in the tournament. Even though this is just an exhibition, players will be motivated to perform and try out new strategies to take to the new season. Matches between Rybakina and Swiatek have always been fiercely contested and expect another classic here with the in-form Rybakina serving her way to victory.

Nur Said's Pick: Elena Rybakina in three sets