Karolina Pliskova and Ajla Tomljanovic will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Grandstand. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.4
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
This will be the 7th time that Karolina Pliskova and Ajla Tomljanovic face off. The head to head is 5-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pliskova won 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Brisbane back in 2020.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 4, the Czech got to the 3rd round after defeating Caty McNally 6-3 6-4 and Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-75 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Pliskova defeated Anisimova (7-5 6-75 7-67). During the match, Pliskova scored 121 points vs Anisimova’s 113. Karolina was pretty aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova overpowered her opponent with 24 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Karolina Pliskova was very effective on serve to win 78% (62/80) of her 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Karolina broke Anisimova twice after converting 22% of her break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karolina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (434-218). 18-9 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has a compiled 242-116 record in the last years on hard.
Pliskova’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Rome,in Wimbledon and Montreal.
Pliskova has an aggregate 32-16 win-loss record in 2021, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2016. See her history.
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ranked no. 46, Tomljanovic got to the 3rd round after defeating Katie Volynets 6-3 6-1 and Petra Martic 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Martic (7-66 6-4). During the match Tomljanovic scored 80 points vs Martic’s 72. Ajla was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomljanovic recorded 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 71% of her first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (8/25) on the 2nd serve. Ajla broke Martic 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian 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 56% of the points she played.
Ajla has a composed 24-18 win-loss record in 2021, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 39 |
| Pts | 192-168 | 133-106 |
| Total Points | 360 | 239 |
| Winners | 89 | 64 |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% |
Both Pliskova and Tomljanovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Karolina Pliskova dropped 1 set while Ajla Tomljanovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pliskova has played 1 set more than Tomljanovic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Pliskova played 18 games more than Tomljanovic. Pliskova scored 89 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ajla fired 64 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 118/181 | 88/126 |
| %1st in | 65% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 89/118 | 64/88 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 32/63 | 15/38 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 39% |
Pliskova made 32 aces (16 per match). Tomljanovic blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Pliskova won 75% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 73% of the points behind 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 | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 9/13 |
| % Converted | 35% | 69% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 64% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Czech broke her opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Karolina surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Tomljanovic broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||
| R1 McNally |
R2 Anisimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-75 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 38 | 57 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 121-113 | 192-168 | |
| Total points | 126 | 234 | 360 | |
| Winners | 27 | 62 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 24 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 80/114 | 118/181 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 62/80 | 89/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 19/34 | 32/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 56% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/9 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 22% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tomljanovic | ||||
| R1 Volynets |
R2 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 53-34 | 80-72 | 133-106 | |
| Total points | 87 | 152 | 239 | |
| Winners | 25 | 39 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 60/85 | 88/126 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 71% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 39/60 | 64/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 65% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 8/25 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 32% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/6 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 83% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 64% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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