Karolina Pliskova and Jessica Pegula will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.73
Karolina Pliskova -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Pliskova and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Doha back in March 2021.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Karolina Pliskova – Doha 04-March-2021
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 6, Karolina got to the 3rd round after defeating Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-75 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Karolina defeated Sevastova (6-3 6-75 6-2). During the match Pliskova scored 113 points vs Sevastova’s 91. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova blasted 8 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Karolina Pliskova was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (48/66) of her 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Karolina broke Sevastova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Pliskova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (408-206). 6-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has a 230-111 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Pliskova has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2015. See her history.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 36 (career high), Jessica got to the 3rd round after beating Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-1 and Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-1 6-2). During the match Pegula scored 64 points vs Mladenovic’s 43. Pegula was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Pegula made 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 53% of her first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Mladenovic 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
The American has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Pegula has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 |
| Pts | 113-91 | 139-102 |
| Total Points | 204 | 241 |
| Winners | 48 | 46 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Pliskova played 1 match while Pegula competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Karolina Pliskova dropped 1 set while Jessica Pegula hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pliskova has played 1 set(s) less than Pegula (3 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (30). The Czech scored 48 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 46 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 65/114 |
| %1st in | 66% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 48/66 | 46/65 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 25/49 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Pliskova scored 8 aces . Pegula blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Pliskova won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 36% | 34% |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 8 |
| % Saved | 82% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Pliskova broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Karolina surrendered her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Jessica conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||
| R2 Sevastova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 113-91 | 113-91 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 66/100 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 48/66 | 48/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Pegula | ||||
| R1 Shvedova | R2 Mladenovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 64-43 | 139-102 | |
| Total points | 134 | 107 | 241 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 30% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 28/53 | 65/114 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 19/28 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 13/25 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 6/14 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 43% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Belinda BencicBencic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Kiki BertensBertens (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-2 3-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-66 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Shelby RogersRogers (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Misaki DoiDoi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jeroen VannesteVanneste (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-2 3-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-6(6) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Belinda BencicBencic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elise MertensMertens (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – H2H and prediction