Will the Tunisian do it like she did at Wimbledon?
While perennial favourite Caroline Garcia reached a semifinal for the first time in her 42nd Grand Slam tournament, Ons Jabeur continues to make history. The Tunisian, who reached the final at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, is the first African and Arab to reach the semi-finals of the US Open Women’s Singles since the beginning of the Open Era. Now, of course, both players want to hit the big time.
The momentum tends to be in favour of Caroline Garcia, who won the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati in the run-up to the US Open and has not lost in 13 matches. In Flushing Meadows, she even reached the semifinals with five straight 2-0 wins, which is why the odds are leaning towards the Frenchwoman in the run-up to the match between Caroline Garcia and Ons Jabeur.
Ons Jabeur, who is twelve places higher in the world rankings than her opponent today, has only dropped one set so far in the tournament in New York City. In addition, the Tunisian is also leading in the head-to-head comparison. Three years ago, she sent her French challenger home with a 2-0 win at the 2019 US Open.
Accordingly, we see a lot of value in Caroline Garcia against Ons Jabeur in the betting that the Tunisian can hold her own once again and reach the grand final as she did at Wimbledon.
Caroline Garcia – Statistics & current form
Current world ranking: 17
Position in the seedings: 17
The 28-year-old Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia has already experienced a few ups and downs in her career and has even managed to secure a Grand Slam twice, at least in doubles. Most recently, she and partner Kristina Mladenovic won the important doubles event in her home country at the 2022 French Open.
The woman from Saint-Germain-en-Laye has now also achieved a new milestone in singles. In her 42nd attempt, the current number 17 in the WTA world rankings reached the semifinals for the first time in a women’s singles event at a Grand Slam.
Not lost in 13 straight matches
Though 2022 could well be the year of the 28-year-old, who has won three of her ten singles titles on the WTA Tour this season. Most recently, she even secured her biggest outdoor hard-court title to date at the Western & Southern Open, which also gave her plenty of tailwind for the US Open.
With five straight 2-0 wins, the world No. 17 marched into the semifinals and extended her current winning streak to 13 matches in a row. Garcia’s year-to-date tally now stands at 40 wins from 55 singles matches.
Only lost one service game in the quarter-finals
Accordingly, the bookmakers now believe the Frenchwoman will hit the big time. For this coup to actually happen, however, the 28-year-old will need similarly strong service as she did in the quarter-finals, when she won a clear 2-0 victory over Coco Gauff by winning nine of her ten service games and defending two of the only three break points allowed.
Ons Jabeur – Statistics & current form
Current world ranking: 5
Position in the seedings: 5
For a long time, 28-year-old Tunisian Ons Jabeur, who once won the 2011 French Open in her junior career to become the first ever North African Grand Slam winner, flew under the radar.
The current world number five played mainly on the ITF Tour until a few years ago. For a long time, the lady from Ksar Hellal found it extremely difficult to make the leap onto the WTA Tour. It was not until 2021 that she was able to record her first major tournament victory when she won the WTA Birmingham.
Major title in Madrid and Wimbledon final
In 2022, however, the knot finally burst for Jabeur, who hit several milestones in the current year.
First she won the clay-court tournament in Madrid and celebrated her first major title in a WTA 1000 category tournament. And then the Tunisian followed that up in the grass-court season with an overall victory in Berlin before advancing to the final of the Wimbledon Championships in the course of a spectacular run.
Against Elena Rybakina, however, the 1:0 set lead was not enough in the end. Nevertheless, Jabeur’s annual balance sheet also reflects the outstanding tennis year she has played so far. The number five in the WTA world rankings has 43 wins from 56 singles matches.
With a 2:0 lead over Garcia in a head-to-head match
Now, however, the Tunisian, who recently became the first African and Arab player to reach the US Open women’s singles semifinals, could be reaching for the stars at Flushing Meadows. Two wins separate Jabeur from the overall title.
Caroline Garcia’s betting on the world number five reaching the final against Ons Jabeur is certainly under good omens. After all, the 28-year-old has won both singles matches against the Frenchwoman so far and already impressed in the quarter-finals with her enormous return strength, when she converted 49% of all opponent’s serves into points.
Caroline Garcia – Ons Jabeur Direct comparison / H2H record
Head to head: 0:2
The two players faced each other twice and Ons Jabeur emerged victorious on both occasions. The Tunisian managed a straightforward 2-0 win over Caroline Garcia (7-6, 6-2) three years ago at the 2019 US Open.
Caroline Garcia – Ons Jabeur Tip
When it comes to Caroline Garcia against Ons Jabeur, the prediction has to take into account that the Frenchwoman has the momentum of 13 wins in a row. However, the Tunisian, who is currently no less in form, leads the direct comparison with 2:0 victories. Three years ago, she also managed a smooth 2-0 victory over Caroline Garcia at the Grand Slam tournament in New York City.
Following this, we do not see Ons Jabeur as an underdog, but rather trust the lady, who already stormed into the final at Wimbledon a few months ago, to make it to the final again.
