Karolina Pliskova and Sloane Stephens will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.5
Sloane Stephens -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 5th time that Karolina Pliskova and Sloane Stephens square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), but Pliskova leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Stephens won 0-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Singapore back in 2018.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 10, Pliskova reached the 2nd round after defeating Donna Vekic 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Vekic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Pliskova scored 82 points vs Vekic’s 68. Karolina was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova struck 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 85% (34/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Vekic 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Pliskova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (417-211). 8-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Pliskova has a compiled 79-44 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Rome.
Karolina has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See her history.
Sloane Stephens
Ranked no. 59, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Carla Suarez Navarro 3-6 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round against Suarez Navarro, Sloane recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-4).-106) than Suarez Navarro. In fact, the world no. 10 won 106 points vs Suarez Navarro’s. That means that Stephens was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephens made 4 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sloane Stephens lost the serve 6 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 75% of her first serves in, winning 58% (49/84) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Stephens broke Suarez Navarro 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Sloane’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Parma.
Sloane has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2021, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 |
| Pts | 82-68 | 106-107 |
| Total Points | 150 | 213 |
| Winners | 34 | 49 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Pliskova and Stephens played 1 match. At the moment, Sloane Stephens conceded 1 set while Karolina Pliskova hasn’t lost a set so far. Pliskova has played 1 set(s) less than Stephens (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pliskova played 10 games less than Stephens. Pliskova scored 34 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sloane fired 49 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 84/112 |
| %1st in | 56% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 34/40 | 49/84 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 46% |
Pliskova bagged 8 aces . Stephens recorded 4 aces . Pliskova won 85% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Stephens won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 75% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Czech broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Pliskova conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Stephens broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Stephens conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||
| R1 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-68 | 82-68 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 40/71 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/40 | 34/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Stephens | |||
| R1 Suarez Navarro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 106-107 | 106-107 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 84/112 | 84/112 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 49/84 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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