Karolina Pliskova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face off in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.39
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
This will be the 8th time that Karolina Pliskova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 7-6(4) 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Karolina Pliskova – Australian Open 25-January-2020
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 9, Pliskova reached the 2nd round after beating Cori Gauff 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Gauff, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match Pliskova scored 102 points vs Gauff’s 88. Pliskova was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pliskova made 13 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Gauff 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (412-209). 3-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has a 74-42 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Karolina has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See her history.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ranked no. 41, Pavlyuchenkova reached the 2nd round after defeating Madison Keys 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Anastasia had a good straight sets win against Keys (7-5 6-2). During the match Pavlyuchenkova scored 73 points vs Keys’s 59. Pavlyuchenkova was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Pavlyuchenkova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pavlyuchenkova put 51% of her first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Pavlyuchenkova broke Keys 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Anastasia has a 6-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 |
| Pts | 102-88 | 73-59 |
| Total Points | 190 | 132 |
| Winners | 46 | 28 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Pliskova and Pavlyuchenkova played 1 match. At the moment, Karolina Pliskova dropped 1 set while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pliskova has played 1 set more than Pavlyuchenkova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Pliskova played 9 games more than Pavlyuchenkova. Pliskova scored 46 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova recorded 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 1 |
| 1st in | 66/107 | 35/69 |
| %1st in | 62% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 28/35 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 16/34 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 47% |
Pliskova struck 13 aces . Pavlyuchenkova fired 1 ace . Pliskova won 70% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova won 80% of the points behind 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 | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 86% | 44% |
| Conceded | 15 | 4 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 73% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Karolina broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Karolina lost her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||
| R1 Gauff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 102-88 | 102-88 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 66/107 | 66/107 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 46/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Pavlyuchenkova | |||
| R1 Keys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 73-59 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 35/69 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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