Karolina Pliskova is about to play against Elena Rybakina on Thursday the 9th of February in Abu Dhabi. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Karolina Pliskova is presently ranked no.20 with points with the status of Czech no.2 behind Petra Kvitova who is her compatriot no.1 with 2281 points ranked no.13.

On the opposite side, Elena Rybakina is at the moment ranked no.10 with the status of Kazakhstani no.1 with 2815 points preceding Yulia Putintseva who has 1114 points and is ranked no.45.

Live Rankings

Pliskova is 1 place up in the live rankings to be the new world no.19. Her career-best rank was no.1.

Karolina Pliskova will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Rybakina in the 2^nd round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Ludmilla Samsonova who has 1959 points. If Pliskova wins, she will have 1955 points.

Pliskova will have no points to defend in the next 4 weeks.

In her live rankings, out of 1910 points, Karolina has gained 1510 points (79%) on Hard Court, 300 points (16%) on Clay and 100 points (5%) on Grass.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Pliskova is still ranked no.19 occupying the position of Czech no.2.

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H2H Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena Rybakina

Pliskova and Rybakina played each other twice. The head to head is 0-2 for Rybakina.

The last time that they played each other it was Guadalajara (Guadalajara Open Akron) when Rybakina won 7-6(5) 6-2

. The prediction is Rybakina to win in 2 sets.

Pliskova in Abu Dhabi, ranking, and results in 2023

Currently the world no.20, Pliskova has managed to achieve a composed 7-3 match record in 2023. The Czech is now playing in Abu Dhabi where she beat Ysaline Bonaventure 6-1 6-3

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Karolina Pliskova will face the world no.10 Elena Rybakina in the 2^nd round on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Stadium Court. Their record is 2-0 for Rybakina .

Pliskova won 16 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

Elena Rybakina in 2023

At the moment ranked no.10 (career-high), the Kazakhstani played her last encounter on the 28^th of January when she lost to world no.2 Aryna Sabalenka 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in Australian Open (draw).

Presently, during this year Rybakina has a composed 7-3 record. Elena Rybakina’s latest run at the Australian Open was the best achievement of her season.