Kristyna Pliskova and Mihaela Buzarnescu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Winners Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mihaela Buzarnescu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mihaela Buzarnescu is the pick to win this match.
Mihaela Buzarnescu -> 1.64
Kristyna Pliskova -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Kristyna Pliskova vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
This will be the 2nd time that Kristyna Pliskova and Mihaela Buzarnescu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Buzarnescu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Buzarnescu won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Prague back in 2018.
Kristyna Pliskova
Ranked no. 123, the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Martina Trevisan 6-4 6-4 and Katarzyna Kawa 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kawa (6-4 6-4). During the match, Pliskova scored 93 points vs Kawa’s 87. Kristyna was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova made 7 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Kristyna Pliskova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 60% of her first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (12/40) on the 2nd serve. Kristyna broke Kawa 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (293-234). 5-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pliskova has an aggregate 53-55 match record in the last years on clay.
The Czech has a composed 9-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Mihaela Buzarnescu
Ranked no. 170, the Romanian got to the quarter after beating Viktoriya Tomova 6-2 6-3 and Lara Arruabarrena 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Arruabarrena-Vecino (6-3 7-5). During the match Buzarnescu scored 77 points vs Arruabarrena-Vecino’s 64. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Buzarnescu bagged 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Mihaela Buzarnescu lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Buzarnescu put 72% of her first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Mihaela broke Arruabarrena-Vecino 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Bastad.
Buzarnescu has an aggregate 14-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 38 |
| Pts | 169-151 | 143-108 |
| Total Points | 320 | 251 |
| Winners | 69 | 57 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Pliskova and Buzarnescu played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Buzarnescu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pliskova played 2 games more than Buzarnescu. Kristyna scored 69 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian fired 57 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 97/167 | 89/127 |
| %1st in | 58% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 69/97 | 57/89 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 24/70 | 15/38 |
| %2nd pts | 34% | 39% |
Pliskova bagged 21 aces (10.5 per match). Buzarnescu scored 6 aces (3 per match). Pliskova won 71% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Buzarnescu won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 30 | 15 |
| Saved | 24 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
Pliskova broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kristyna conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Buzarnescu broke her opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Buzarnescu conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Kawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 93-87 | 169-151 | |
| Total points | 140 | 180 | 320 | |
| Winners | 29 | 40 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 36/66 | 61/101 | 97/167 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 40/61 | 69/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/40 | 24/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 30% | 34% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 6/13 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 46% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 20 | 30 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 16/20 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Buzarnescu | ||||
| R1 Tomova |
R2 Arruabarrena-Vecino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 77-64 | 143-108 | |
| Total points | 110 | 141 | 251 | |
| Winners | 23 | 34 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 54/75 | 89/127 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 34/54 | 57/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 8/21 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 38% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/11 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 55% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 43% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andres Artunedo MartinavarrArtunedo Martinavarr (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miguel SemedoSemedo – Maciej RajskiRajski (6-3 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick MertensMertens – Tiago CacaoCacao (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mayar SherifSherif – Kristina KucovaKucova (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Seone MendezMendez – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
