Sloane Stephens surprises Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Stephens will square off with Karolina Muchova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Paris
Stephens's Record

Sloane added to her prize money € 29,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 113,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Stephens will add € 57,000 to her earnings to get in total € 170,000 in total.

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Karolina Pliskova French Open – Paris

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Pliskova
7-5 6-1
1h:31
77
77
Total points
57
57
37
37
Winners
18
18
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
17
17
Unforced
38
38
31%
31%
Ratio Unforced
69%
69%
5/8
5/8
Net Approaches
8/11
8/11
63%
63%
Perc
73%
73%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
74%
74%
1st in
57%
57%
69%
69%
1st won
51%
51%
37/54
37/54
1st won
18/35
18/35
37%
37%
2nd won
38%
38%
7/19
7/19
2nd won
10/26
10/26
171
171
Fastest serve
184
184
147
147
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
128
128
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
2/7
2/7
55%
55%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 77 points vs. Karolina’s 57.

Stephens

Stephens was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Pliskova

On the other side, the Czech was struggling when converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Stephens and Pliskova is 4-1 for Sloane.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Karolina Muchova – stats

Stephens will fight against Muchova in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Sloane Stephens and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Stephens had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Stephens to win the set because the Czech succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The American maintained her cool to break Karolina in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Sloane surrendered 25 points on serve (31-25). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

Stephens had a favorable start in this set after breaking Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). The American improved her lead after breaking the Czech in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Pliskova was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The American converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Pliskova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).

They played 47 points. Stephens was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the Czech (30-17). Stephens surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

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