ORDER OF PLAY. Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin are competing on Friday at the WTA Finals.
Karolina Pliskova vs. Simona Halep
Head to head 7-3 for Halep
Karolina Pliskova will come up against Simona Halep in the Round Robin for the 11th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTRE COURT.
Karolina Pliskova: ranking and results
Ranked no. 2, Pliskova reached the Round Robin after defeating Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-3 ret..
The Czech has a 50-15 win-loss record in 2019, 1-1 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Lesya Tsurenko in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2 and in Rome where she beat Johanna Konta in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Eastbourne where she defeated Angelique Kerber in the final 6-1 6-4 and in Zhengzhou where she beat Petra Martic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Last year in Shenzhen The Czech lost in the semifinal 0-6 6-4 6-1 to Sloane Stephens.
Simona Halep: ranking and results
Ranked no. 5, Halep got to the Round Robin after defeating Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 3-6 7-66 6-3.
Halep has a 39-16 win-loss record in 2019, 1-1 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the current season was winning the title in London where she overcame Serena Williams in the final 6-2 6-2.
Last year in Shenzhen Halep won the title last year in Shenzhen after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1 2-6 6-0.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 11th time that Karolina Pliskova and Simona Halep square off. The head to head is 7-3 for Halep (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pliskova won 7-5 6-1 in the semifinal in Miami back in March 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 2.10
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.66
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Elina Svitolina vs. Sofia Kenin
Head to head 2-2
Elina Svitolina will compete against Sofia Kenin in the Round Robin for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. The American will take Andreescu’s place as an alternate after the Canadian withdrew because of a nkee injury.
Elina Svitolina: ranking and results
Ranked no. 8, the Ukrainian got to the Round Robin after defeating Karolina Pliskova 7-612 6-4 and Simona Halep 7-5 6-3.
The Ukrainian has a 37-21 win-loss record in 2019, 2-1 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). Elina’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in at the U.S. Open ,in Wimbledon , Indian Wells, Dubai and Doha.
Last year in Shenzhen Elina won the title last year in Singapore after downing Sloane Stephens 3-6 6-2 6-2. Svitolina conquered the title at the WTA Finals in 2018.
Sofia Kenin: ranking and results
Ranked no. 12 (career high), Sofia will start her run in Shenzhen after she played her last match in Zhuhai where she lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Muchova in the R the 25th of October.
The American has a 48-21 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on I.hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on I.hard.
Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Hobart where she defeated Anna Schmiedlova in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Mallorca where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4 and in Guangzhou where she defeated Samantha Stosur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2.
Last year in Shenzhen Sofia didn’t play in Shenzhen in 2018.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 5th time that Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Svitolina and Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 6-3 6-78 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing back in October 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.57
Sofia Kenin -> 2.25
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Last Results
These are the last results of the WTA Finals
- Belinda BencicBencic – Kiki BertensBertens (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Simona HalepHalep (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Kiki BertensBertens – Ashleigh BartyBarty (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang – Gabriela Dabrowski/Yifan XuDabrowski/Yifan Xu (4-6 6-4 10-5) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (3-6 7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova – Gabriela Dabrowski/Yifan XuDabrowski/Yifan Xu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Su-Wei Hsieh/Barbora StrycovaHsieh/Barbora Strycova – Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang (6-4 4-6 10-5) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Petra KvitovaKvitova (7-61 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the WTA Finals
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Simona HalepHalep (3-7) – See H2H details
- Sofia KeninKenin – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-2) – See H2H details
