Petra Kvitova and Kristyna Pliskova will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. 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 Petra Kvitova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.32
Kristyna Pliskova -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Kristyna Pliskova

This will be the 3rd time that Petra Kvitova and Kristyna Pliskova face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Pliskova won 1-6 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2018.

Petra Kvitova

Ranked no. 11, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Polona Hercog 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, Kvitova had a good straight sets win against Hercog (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kvitova scored 58 points vs Hercog’s 34. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kvitova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Petra Kvitova was quite effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Petra was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Hercog 4 times.

Kvitova has an extraordinary match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (371-159). 14-8 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kvitova has an overall 210-91 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Doha where she beat Garbine Muguruza in the final 6-2 6-1.

The Czech has a compiled 25-14 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2015 and 2017. See her history.

U.S. Open
Kvitova's Record

Kristyna Pliskova

Ranked no. 115, Kristyna reached the 2nd round after defeating Valeria Savinykh 6-2 6-1, Robin Anderson 6-75 6-4 6-1, Kamilla Rakhimova 7-65

6-4 and Danka Kovinic 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Pliskova had a good straight sets win against Kovinic (6-4 6-3). During the match Pliskova scored 56 points vs Kovinic’s 43. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Pliskova scored 13 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kristyna Pliskova lost the serve once. Furthermore, Pliskova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. The Czech was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kovinic 4 times.

The Czech has a composed 13-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012, 2017 and 2019. See her history.

U.S. Open
Pliskova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Kvitova
K.Pliskova
1h:01
1h:01
Time on court​
!
5h:29
5h:29
1h:01
1h:01
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
15
15
Games Played​
87
87
2
2
Set played​​
9
9
58
58
Total points​
279
279
58
58
Avg point​
69.8
69.8
26
26
Winners
131
131
26
26
Avg Winners​
32.8
32.8
45%
45%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
44
44
2
2
Avg Aces
!
11
11
3
3
Double Faults
12
12
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
26/32
26/32
1st won total​
131/159
131/159
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
10/17
10/17
2nd won total​
46/79
46/79
59%
59%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
BP won
14/22
14/22
4/4
4/4
Avg BP won
3.5/5.5
3.5/5.5
!
100%
100%
Won
!
64%
64%
3
3
Conceded
3
3
3
3
Avg Conceded
0.8
0.8
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
3
3
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kvitova Pliskova
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 2 9
Tot Games 15 87
Pts 58-34 279-219
Total Points 92 498
Winners 26 131
%Winners 45% 47%

Kvitova played 1 match while Pliskova competed in 4 matches. Pliskova started her run from the qualifications while Kvitova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Kristyna Pliskova surrendered 1 set while Petra Kvitova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kvitova has played 7 set(s) less than Pliskova (2 vs 9). Therefore, Kvitova played 72 games less than Pliskova. The Czech scored 26 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 131 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kvitova Pliskova
Aces 2 44
Avg per match 2 11
1st in 32/49 159/238
%1st in 65% 67%
1st pts 26/32 131/159
%1st pts 81% 82%
2nd pts 10/17 46/79
%2nd pts 59% 58%

Kvitova made 2 aces . Pliskova recorded 44 aces (11 per match). Kvitova won 81% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Pliskova won 82% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kvitova Pliskova
Won 4 14
Converted 4/4 14/22
% Converted 100% 64%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3 1
% Saved 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 2

The Czech broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Petra pretty effective on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Kristyna broke her opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Kristyna conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.

Kvitova
R1
Hercog		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 58-34 58-34
Total points 92 92
Winners 26 26
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 32/49 32/49
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 26/32 26/32
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 10/17 10/17
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Pliskova
Q1
Savinykh		 Q2
Anderson		 Q3
Rakhimova		 R1
Kovinic		 Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-75 6-4 6-1 7-65 6-4 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 9
Tot Games 15 30 23 19 87
pts 56-32 99-85 68-59 56-43 279-219
Total points 88 184 127 99 498
Winners 18 45 39 29 131
%Winners 32% 45% 57% 52% 47%
SERVE
Aces 8 13 10 13 44
Double Faults 5 2 3 2 12
1st in 20/37 58/87 45/67 36/47 159/238
% 1st in 54% 67% 67% 77% 67%
1st pts 18/20 45/58 39/45 29/36 131/159
% 1st pts 90% 78% 87% 81% 82%
2nd pts 10/17 19/29 13/22 4/11 46/79
% 2nd pts 59% 66% 59% 36% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 4 1 4 14
Converted 5/9 4/8 1/1 4/4 14/22
Converted % 56% 50% 100% 100% 64%
Conceded 0 2 0 1 3
Saved 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/1 1
Saved % – 50% – 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 1 0 1 2

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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