Karolina Pliskova and Elena Rybakina will play each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.50
Elena Rybakina -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena Rybakina
There is no head to head record between Karolina Pliskova and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 3, Karolina got to the quarter after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-1 6-2). During the match Pliskova scored 62 points vs Mladenovic’s 39. Pliskova was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Pliskova blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Karolina Pliskova was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pliskova broke Mladenovic 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Pliskova has a a solid record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (1304-545). 7-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has a 347-180 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Brisbane where she defeated Madison Keys in the final 6-4 4-6 7-5.
The Czech has a 7-1 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Karolina lost in the quarter 6-4 1-6 7-5 to Su-Wei Hsieh.
Elena Rybakina
Ranked no. 19 (career high), Elena reached the quarter after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-72 6-3 6-3 and Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-3 6-3). During the match Rybakina scored 64 points vs Siniakova’s 44. Rybakina was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina blasted 4 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elena Rybakina lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 64% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elena has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Rybakina has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 71% of her matches (244-102). 13-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has a 138-63 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was managing to win the title in Hobart where she overcame Shuai Zhang in the final 7-6(7) 6-3.
The Kazakhstani has a 17-3 win-loss record in 2020, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Rybakina didn’t compete in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 49 |
| Pts | 62-39 | 166-138 |
| Total Points | 101 | 304 |
| Winners | 22 | 60 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Pliskova played 1 match while Rybakina competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Elena Rybakina lost 1 set while Karolina Pliskova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pliskova has played 3 sets less than Rybakina (2 vs 5). Therefore, Pliskova played 34 games less than Rybakina. The Czech scored 22 winners (35% on total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani blasted 60 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 26/52 | 90/150 |
| %1st in | 50% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 60/90 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 36/60 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 60% |
Pliskova blasted 4 aces . Rybakina blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Pliskova won 85% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 67% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 57% | 53% |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Czech broke her opponent 4 times with 57% conversion rate. Pliskova was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Elena broke her opponents 9 times with 53% conversion rate. Rybakina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||
| R2 Mladenovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 62-39 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/52 | 26/52 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Rybakina | ||||
| R1 Kenin | R2 Siniakova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 | 49 | |
| pts | 102-94 | 64-44 | 166-138 | |
| Total points | 196 | 108 | 304 | |
| Winners | 35 | 25 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/94 | 36/56 | 90/150 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 25/36 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 10/20 | 36/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/7 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 71% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 155% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
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