Karolina Pliskova and Marketa Vondrousova will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4 pm on Court Centrale. Here 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.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.57
Marketa Vondrousova -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Pliskova and Marketa Vondrousova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 4, Pliskova reached the semifinal after beating Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-3, Anna Blinkova 6-4 6-3 and Elise Mertens 6-3 3-6 6-0.
In the quarter, The Czech defeated Mertens (6-3 3-6 6-0). During the match Pliskova scored 96 points vs Mertens’s 78. Pliskova was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pliskova scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 6 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Mertens 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (448-229). 3-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has a 80-52 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Brisbane where she defeated Madison Keys in the final 6-4 4-6 7-5.
The Czech has a 12-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Pliskova won the title last year in Rome after downing Johanna Konta .
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 19, the Czech got to the semifinal after defeating Misaki Doi 6-1 4-6 6-4, Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-3, Polona Hercog 1-6 6-1 7-65 and Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Svitolina (6-3 6-0). During the match Vondrousova scored 69 points vs Svitolina’s 45. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Vondrousova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Svitolina 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marketa has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Czech has a 8-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Czech lost in the quarter to Johanna Konta.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Vondrousova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 87 |
| Pts | 225-169 | 352-296 |
| Total Points | 394 | 648 |
| Winners | 87 | 117 |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% |
Pliskova played 3 matches while Vondrousova competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karolina Pliskova conceded 1 set, while Marketa Vondrousova dropper 2 sets. Pliskova has played 3 set(s) less than Vondrousova (7 vs 10). Therefore, Pliskova played 26 games less than Vondrousova. The Czech scored 87 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Marketa recorded 117 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Vondrousova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 115/199 | 178/328 |
| %1st in | 58% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 87/115 | 117/178 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 43/84 | 71/150 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 47% |
Pliskova scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Vondrousova scored 4 aces (1 per match). Pliskova won 76% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Vondrousova won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Vondrousova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 21 |
| Converted | 13/26 | 21/46 |
| % Converted | 50% | 46% |
| Conceded | 12 | 43 |
| Saved | 7 | 32 |
| % Saved | 58% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Pliskova broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Karolina lost her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 21 times with a 46% conversion rate. Marketa conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||||
| R2 Strycova |
R3 Blinkova |
1/4 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 24 | 61 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 69-50 | 96-78 | 225-169 | |
| Total points | 101 | 119 | 174 | 394 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 36 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 36/60 | 50/88 | 115/199 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 29/36 | 36/50 | 87/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 81% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 11/24 | 18/38 | 43/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | 5/14 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/3 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 75% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Vondrousova | ||||||
| R1 Doi |
R2 Rus |
R3 Hercog |
1/4 Svitolina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 1-6 6-1 7-65 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 87 | |
| pts | 115-102 | 82-65 | 86-84 | 69-45 | 352-296 | |
| Total points | 217 | 147 | 170 | 114 | 648 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 30% | 41% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | |
| 1st in | 52/94 | 41/90 | 48/76 | 37/68 | 178/328 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 46% | 63% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 28/41 | 26/48 | 28/37 | 117/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 68% | 54% | 76% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 23/49 | 16/28 | 15/31 | 71/150 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 47% | 57% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 5/8 | 5/10 | 4/9 | 21/46 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 63% | 50% | 44% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 43 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 14/16 | 1/6 | 9/9 | 32 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 88% | 17% | 100% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
