Garbine Muguruza and Kristyna Pliskova will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2 pm on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Garbine Muguruza who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Garbine Muguruza is the pick to win this match.
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.3
Kristyna Pliskova -> 3.66
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Kristyna Pliskova
There is no head to head record between Garbine Muguruza and Kristyna Pliskova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 15, Garbine got to the 2nd round after defeating Tamara Zidansek 7-5 4-6 8-6.
In the 1st round, Muguruza defeated Zidansek (7-5 4-6 8-6). During the match Muguruza scored 134 points vs Zidansek’s 129. Garbine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muguruza fired 5 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 6 times and she saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 63% of her first serves in, winning 60% (52/86) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (22/50) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Zidansek 7 times after converting 37% of her break points (7/19).
Muguruza has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (353-180). 5-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muguruza has a 107-48 record in the last years on clay.
Muguruza’s best result of the current season was getting to the final at the Australian Open .
Garbine has a 22-6 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Spaniard capitulated in the 4th round to Sloane Stephens.
Kristyna Pliskova
Ranked no. 69, the Czech got to the 2nd round after defeating Viktoria Kuzmova 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kristyna had a good straight sets win against Kuzmova (6-1 6-2). During the match Pliskova scored 59 points vs Kuzmova’s 36. Pliskova was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Pliskova recorded 7 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kristyna Pliskova was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 74% (28/38) of her 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pliskova broke Kuzmova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in Shenzhen and Prague.
The Czech has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Pliskova lost in the 1st round to Lauren Davis.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muguruza | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 15 |
| Pts | 134-129 | 59-36 |
| Total Points | 263 | 95 |
| Winners | 52 | 28 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Muguruza and Pliskova played 1 match. At the moment, Garbine Muguruza lost 1 set while Kristyna Pliskova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Muguruza has played 1 set more than Pliskova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Muguruza played 21 games more than Pliskova. Garbine scored 52 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kristyna struck 28 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muguruza | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 86/136 | 38/51 |
| %1st in | 63% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 52/86 | 28/38 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 22/50 | 8/13 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 62% |
Muguruza recorded 5 aces . Pliskova bagged 7 aces . Muguruza won 60% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Pliskova won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muguruza | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 37% | 80% |
| Conceded | 22 | 3 |
| Saved | 16 | 3 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Muguruza broke her opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Muguruza | |||
| R1 Zidansek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 8-6 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 134-129 | 134-129 | |
| Total points | 263 | 263 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 86/136 | 86/136 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 52/86 | 52/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/50 | 22/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 | |
| Saved | 16/22 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Pliskova | |||
| R1 Kuzmova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 59-36 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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