Karolina Pliskova and Jessica Pegula will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.74
Jessica Pegula -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 5th time that Karolina Pliskova and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Berlin back in June 2021.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 6, the Czech reached the 3rd round after defeating Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-3 6-2). During the match, Pliskova scored 57 points vs Putintseva’s 43. Karolina was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova blasted 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Karolina Pliskova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Putintseva 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (430-217). 14-8 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has a composed 238-115 match record in the last years on hard.
Karolina’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Rome,in Wimbledon and Montreal.
Karolina has an aggregate 28-15 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2016. See her history.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 30, the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-2 and Simona Halep w/o.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Halep (w/o). During the match Pegula and Halep scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 6 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
About the serving games, Pegula wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jessica Pegula conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Pegula’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Montreal.
Jessica has an overall 32-15 win-loss record in 2021, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 57-43 | 61-45 |
| Total Points | 100 | 106 |
| Winners | 36 | 20 |
| %Winners | 63% | 33% |
Both Pliskova and Pegula played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Pegula have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pliskova played 1 game more than Pegula. The Czech scored 36 winners (63% of the total points). On the other side, Jessica fired 20 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 29/50 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 20/29 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 57% |
Pliskova bagged 5 aces . Pegula made 3 aces . Pliskova won 84% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 63% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Pliskova broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Pliskova extremely effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Jessica broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Pegula conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||
| R2 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-43 | 57-43 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 63% | 63% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 36/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pegula | ||||
| R1 Giorgi |
R2 Halep |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | – | 16 | |
| pts | 61-45 | – | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | – | 106 | |
| Winners | 20 | – | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | – | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | – | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | – | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | – | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | – | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | – | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | – | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | – | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | – | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | – | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | – | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | – | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Angelique KerberKerber – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-7 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Heather WatsonWatson (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-72 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Simona HalepHalep (w/o) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Cori GauffGauff (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Alison RiskeRiske (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Youssef HossamHossam – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez – Simon CarrCarr (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Vignesh Peranamallur-ChandrasekharPeranamallur-Chandrasekhar (6-1 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Simona HalepHalep (w/o) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-7 6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-6(1) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
