Karolina Pliskova and Varvara Gracheva will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.39
Varvara Gracheva -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Varvara Gracheva
There is no head to head record between Karolina Pliskova and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Karolina Pliskova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 10-10 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 19-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-21 | 12-9 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-19 | 23-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Pliskova reached the 3rd round after beating Xiyu Wang 6-1 6-3 and Yulia Putintseva 6-0 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-0 7-5). During the match, Pliskova scored 70 points vs Putintseva’s 50. Pliskova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova blasted 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Putintseva 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pliskova hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (381-186). 4-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has an aggregate 229-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Karolina has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-27 | 13-15 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Gracheva reached the 3rd round after defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-1 and Lucrezia Stefanini 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Varvara had a good straight sets win against Stefanini (6-3 6-1). During the match Gracheva scored 61 points vs Stefanini’s 44. Gracheva was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Gracheva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 68% of her first serves in, winning 58% (21/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Stefanini 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Varvara has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 30 |
| Pts | 127-86 | 115-77 |
| Total Points | 213 | 192 |
| Winners | 51 | 39 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Pliskova and Gracheva played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Gracheva have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pliskova played 4 games more than Gracheva. Pliskova scored 51 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 39 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 70/113 | 64/95 |
| %1st in | 62% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 39/64 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 48% |
Pliskova managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Gracheva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pliskova won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 61% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 56% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Karolina broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Pliskova lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Varvara conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||
| R1 Wang |
R2 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 70-50 | 127-86 | |
| Total points | 93 | 120 | 213 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 39/63 | 70/113 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 28/39 | 51/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 10/24 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 42% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/13 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 46% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Gracheva | ||||
| R1 Kasatkina |
R2 Stefanini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| pts | 54-33 | 61-44 | 115-77 | |
| Total points | 87 | 105 | 192 | |
| Winners | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 36/53 | 64/95 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 18/28 | 21/36 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 58% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 7/17 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 41% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 7/13 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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