Karolina Pliskova and Paula Badosa Gibert will play each other in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:30 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 Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.533
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Paula Badosa Gibert
This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Pliskova and Paula Badosa Gibert clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pliskova won 7-5 6-1 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2015.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 4, Pliskova got to the quarter after beating Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2 and Jessica Pegula 6-4 7-65.
In the 3rd round, Pliskova had a good straight sets win against Pegula (6-4 7-65). During the match, Pliskova scored 71 points vs Pegula’s 67. Pliskova was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova scored 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Pegula 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karolina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (431-217). 15-8 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has a composed 239-115 record in the last years on hard.
Karolina’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Rome,in Wimbledon and Montreal.
Pliskova has a composed 29-15 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2016. See her history.
Paula Badosa Gibert
Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Badosa reached the quarter after beating Petra Martic 4-6 6-4 7-66, Aryna Sabalenka 5-7 6-2 7-64 and Elena Rybakina 6-2 7-65.
In the 3rd round, Paula had a good straight sets win against Rybakina (6-2 7-65). During the match Badosa scored 74 points vs Rybakina ‘s 55. Badosa was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Badosa made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Paula Badosa Gibert was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (33/37) of her 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Rybakina twice after converting 40% of her break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paula started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Belgrade where she overcame Ana Konjuh in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Badosa has an overall 33-12 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 87 |
| Pts | 128-110 | 294-257 |
| Total Points | 238 | 551 |
| Winners | 67 | 138 |
| %Winners | 52% | 47% |
Pliskova played 2 matches while Badosa competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Paula Badosa Gibert conceded 2 sets while Karolina Pliskova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pliskova has played 4 set(s) less than Badosa (4 vs 8). Therefore, Pliskova played 47 games less than Badosa. The Czech scored 67 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Badosa recorded 138 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 90/134 | 185/261 |
| %1st in | 67% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 67/90 | 138/185 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/44 | 40/76 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 53% |
Pliskova managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Badosa fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Pliskova won 74% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Badosa won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 11 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 73% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 12 |
| Saved | 12 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Karolina broke her opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Badosa broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||
| R2 Putintseva |
R3 Pegula |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| pts | 57-43 | 71-67 | 128-110 | |
| Total points | 100 | 138 | 238 | |
| Winners | 36 | 31 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 63% | 44% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 47/73 | 90/134 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 64% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 31/47 | 67/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 66% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 11/26 | 17/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 42% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/7 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 7/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 64% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Badosa | |||||
| R1 Martic |
R2 Sabalenka |
R3 Rybakina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-66 | 5-7 6-2 7-64 | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | 21 | 87 | |
| pts | 109-103 | 111-99 | 74-55 | 294-257 | |
| Total points | 212 | 210 | 129 | 551 | |
| Winners | 57 | 48 | 33 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 78/98 | 70/109 | 37/54 | 185/261 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 64% | 69% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 57/78 | 48/70 | 33/37 | 138/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 89% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 20/39 | 12/17 | 40/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 51% | 71% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/9 | 2/5 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 44% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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