Karolina Pliskova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11 am on the Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.36
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -> 3.20
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
This will be the 7th time that Karolina Pliskova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova play each other. The head to head is 6-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pliskova won 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne back in 2018.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 2, Pliskova got to the 2nd round after beating Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 7-5 and Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-3 6-3). During the match Pliskova scored 69 points vs Siegemund’s 55. Pliskova was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Pliskova blasted 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 60% of her first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Siegemund 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pliskova hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (1294-535). 6-0 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pliskova has a 346-179 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Brisbane where she defeated Madison Keys in the final 6-4 4-6 7-5.
Pliskova has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2020, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Pliskova lost in the semifinal 6-2 4-6 6-4 to Naomi Osaka.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ranked no. 30, Anastasia reached the 2nd round after defeating Nina Stojanovic 6-1 7-5 and Taylor Townsend 7-5 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Pavlyuchenkova had a good straight sets win against Townsend (7-5 7-61). During the match Pavlyuchenkova scored 101 points vs Townsend’s 88. Pavlyuchenkova was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Pavlyuchenkova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pavlyuchenkova put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Anastasia broke Townsend 3 times after converting 21% of her break points (3/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anastasia hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Pavlyuchenkova has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (755-616). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pavlyuchenkova has a 269-200 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Pavlyuchenkova has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Anastasia had to bow in the quarter 2-6 7-5 6-1 to Danielle Rose Collins.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 44 |
| Pts | 143-106 | 168-134 |
| Total Points | 249 | 302 |
| Winners | 59 | 69 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Pliskova and Pavlyuchenkova played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Pavlyuchenkova have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pliskova played 7 games less than Pavlyuchenkova. Karolina scored 59 winners (41% on total points). On the other side, Anastasia blasted 69 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 79/124 | 96/142 |
| %1st in | 64% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 59/79 | 69/96 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 22/46 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 48% |
Pliskova blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Pavlyuchenkova blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Pliskova won 75% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova won 72% 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 | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 57% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 78% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Karolina broke her opponents 8 times with 57% conversion rate. Pliskova conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 8 times with 38% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||
| R1 Mladenovic |
R2 Siegemund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 74-51 | 69-55 | 143-106 | |
| Total points | 125 | 124 | 249 | |
| Winners | 36 | 23 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 35/58 | 79/124 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 23/35 | 59/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 66% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 15/23 | 25/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 14% | 50% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pavlyuchenkova | ||||
| R1 Stojanovic |
R2 Townsend |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 101-88 | 168-134 | |
| Total points | 113 | 189 | 302 | |
| Winners | 31 | 38 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/59 | 54/83 | 96/142 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 38/54 | 69/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 15/29 | 22/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/14 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 21% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 29% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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