Karolina Pliskova and Camila Giorgi will play each other in the 3rd round of the Olympics for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. 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 -> 1.51
Camila Giorgi -> 2.71

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Camila Giorgi

This will be the 8th time that Karolina Pliskova and Camila Giorgi fight against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Giorgi won 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in June 2021.

Highlights Camila Giorgi vs Karolina Pliskova – Eastbourne 22-June-2021

Karolina Pliskova

Ranked no. 7, the Czech reached the 3rd round after beating Alize Cornet 6-1 6-3 and Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 6-70 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Pliskova defeated Suarez Navarro (6-3 6-70 6-1). During the match, Pliskova scored 104 points vs Suarez Navarro’s 87. Karolina was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pliskova bagged 12 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, Karolina Pliskova was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (41/48) of her 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Karolina broke Suarez Navarro 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karolina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Pliskova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (425-215). 9-6 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pliskova has a composed 233-113 record in the last years on hard.

Karolina’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Rome and in Wimbledon .

The Czech has a composed 23-13 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Olympics

Pliskova has never competed in this tournament before.

Tokyo
Pliskova's Record

Camila Giorgi

Ranked no. 61, Camila got to the 3rd round after defeating Jennifer Brady 6-3 6-2 and Elena Vesnina 6-3 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Camila had a good straight sets win against Vesnina (6-3 6-1). During the match Giorgi scored 70 points vs Vesnina’s 49. Camila was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Giorgi fired 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Camila Giorgi was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Camila broke Vesnina 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giorgi started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Eastbourne.

Giorgi has a composed 16-11 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tokyo
Giorgi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Pliskova
C.Giorgi
3h:09
3h:09
Time on court​
2h:32
2h:32
!
2h:06
2h:06
Last match​
1h:24
1h:24
2
2
Match played
2
2
45
45
Games Played​
33
33
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
160
160
Total points​
127
127
80
80
Avg point​
63.5
63.5
62
62
Winners
38
38
31
31
Avg Winners​
19
19
39%
39%
Ratio winners
30%
30%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
7
7
8
8
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
14
14
Double Faults
9
9
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
62/74
62/74
1st won total​
38/53
38/53
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
32/48
32/48
2nd won total​
31/43
31/43
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
72%
72%
-- Break Points --
9/20
9/20
BP won
10/21
10/21
4.5/10
4.5/10
Avg BP won
5/10.5
5/10.5
45%
45%
Won
48%
48%
5
5
Conceded
9
9
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
2
2
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
3
3
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pliskova Giorgi
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 45 33
Pts 160-119 127-84
Total Points 279 211
Winners 62 38
%Winners 39% 30%

Both Pliskova and Giorgi played 2 matches. At the moment, Karolina Pliskova conceded 1 set while Camila Giorgi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pliskova has played 1 set more than Giorgi (5 vs 4). Therefore, Pliskova played 12 games more than Giorgi. Pliskova scored 62 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 38 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pliskova Giorgi
Aces 16 7
Avg per match 8 3.5
1st in 74/136 53/105
%1st in 54% 50%
1st pts 62/74 38/53
%1st pts 84% 72%
2nd pts 32/48 31/43
%2nd pts 67% 72%

Pliskova fired 16 aces (8 per match). Giorgi bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Pliskova won 84% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Giorgi won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 72% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pliskova Giorgi
Won 9 10
Converted 9/20 10/21
% Converted 45% 48%
Conceded 5 9
Saved 3 6
% Saved 60% 67%
Times Broken 2 3

The Czech broke her opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Karolina surrendered her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Giorgi broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Giorgi conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Pliskova
R1
Cornet		 R2
Suarez Navarro		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-70 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 16 29 45
pts 56-32 104-87 160-119
Total points 88 191 279
Winners 21 41 62
%Winners 38% 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 12 16
Double Faults 4 10 14
1st in 26/44 48/92 74/136
% 1st in 59% 52% 54%
1st pts 21/26 41/48 62/74
% 1st pts 81% 85% 84%
2nd pts 10/14 22/34 32/48
% 2nd pts 71% 65% 67%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/8 4/12 9/20
Converted % 63% 33% 45%
Conceded 2 3 5
Saved 1/2 2/3 3
Saved % 50% 67% 59%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Giorgi
R1
Brady		 R2
Vesnina		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 16 33
pts 57-35 70-49 127-84
Total points 92 119 211
Winners 12 26 38
%Winners 21% 37% 30%
SERVE
Aces 2 5 7
Double Faults 2 7 9
1st in 19/45 34/60 53/105
% 1st in 42% 57% 50%
1st pts 12/19 26/34 38/53
% 1st pts 63% 76% 72%
2nd pts 19/24 12/19 31/43
% 2nd pts 79% 63% 72%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/10 5/11 10/21
Converted % 50% 45% 48%
Conceded 3 6 9
Saved 1/3 5/6 6
Saved % 33% 83% 58%
Times Broken 2 1 3

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

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