Karolina Pliskova and Petra Martic will face off in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1 pm on Center 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 Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.51
Petra Martic -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Petra Martic
This will be the 7th time that Karolina Pliskova and Petra Martic square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Martic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Pliskova won 6-3 6-2 in the final in Zhengzhou back in 2019.
Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs Petra Martic – Zhengzhou 15-September-2019
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 9, the Czech reached the semifinal after beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-2 6-3, Vera Zvonareva 7-5 6-3 and Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 7-5 7-61.
In the quarter against Ostapenko, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-61). During the match Pliskova scored 113 points vs Ostapenko’s 106. Karolina was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pliskova scored 9 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve 7 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 60% of her first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (18/45) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Ostapenko 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pliskova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (415-210). 6-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has a 77-43 record in the last years on clay.
Pliskova has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Petra Martic
Ranked no. 25, Martic got to the semifinal after beating Shelby Rogers 5-7 6-3 6-4, Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-3, Nadia Podoroska 3-6 6-1 6-2 and Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-4.
In the quarter, Martic had a good straight sets win against Pegula (7-5 6-4). During the match Martic and Pegula scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 9 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Martic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Petra Martic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Petra started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Martic has a 8-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 98 |
| Pts | 254-215 | 258-223 |
| Total Points | 469 | 481 |
| Winners | 95 | 100 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Pliskova played 3 matches while Martic competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karolina Pliskova dropped 1 set, while Petra Martic surrendered 2 sets. Pliskova has played 3 set(s) less than Martic (7 vs 10). Therefore, Pliskova played 25 games less than Martic. Karolina scored 95 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Martic blasted 100 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 133/221 | 160/243 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 95/133 | 100/160 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 32/88 | 47/83 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 57% |
Pliskova managed to score 17 aces (5.7 per match). Martic blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Pliskova won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Martic won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 16 |
| Converted | 20/42 | 16/27 |
| % Converted | 48% | 59% |
| Conceded | 31 | 32 |
| Saved | 18 | 23 |
| % Saved | 58% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 13 | 9 |
The Czech broke her opponents 20 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Czech dropped her serve 13 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Petra broke her opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||||
| R2 Sevastova |
R3 Zvonareva |
1/4 Ostapenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 35 | 73 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 78-62 | 113-106 | 254-215 | |
| Total points | 110 | 140 | 219 | 469 | |
| Winners | 19 | 31 | 45 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 40/63 | 68/113 | 133/221 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 31/40 | 45/68 | 95/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 5/23 | 18/45 | 32/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 22% | 40% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 7/16 | 7/13 | 20/42 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 44% | 54% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/10 | 11/18 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 60% | 61% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
| Martic | ||||||
| R1 Rogers |
R2 Mladenovic |
R3 Podoroska |
1/4 Pegula |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 98 | |
| pts | 96-90 | 76-59 | 86-74 | – | 258-223 | |
| Total points | 186 | 135 | 160 | 0 | 481 | |
| Winners | 44 | 25 | 31 | 100 | ||
| %Winners | 46% | 33% | 36% | NAN% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 60/96 | 40/62 | 60/85 | / | 160/243 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 65% | 71% | – | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 25/40 | 31/60 | / | 100/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 63% | 52% | – | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 9/22 | 19/25 | / | 47/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 41% | 76% | – | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Converted | 3/9 | 7/10 | 6/8 | / | 16/27 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 70% | 75% | – | 59% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 | ||
| Saved | 8/10 | 6/10 | 9/12 | 0/ | 23 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 75% | – | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Cori GauffGauff – Ashleigh BartyBarty (4-6 1-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-6 7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Petra MarticMartic (2-4) – H2H and prediction
