Merciless Sloane Stephens annihilates Pliskova in the 1st round to clash vs Gracheva at the French Open. HIGHLIGHTS – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Stephens grounds Pliskova to fight against Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Karolina Pliskova

Sloane Stephens breezes past Karolina Pliskova 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday after playing a terrific match to fight against Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stephens
Paris
Stephens's Record

Sloane added to her prize money € 28,000 after conquering this match. She has already won € 97,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add € 45,000 to her earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Karolina Pliskova French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Hx0GXeqK8

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Pliskova
Sloane Stephens
6-0 6-4
1h:24
Karolina Pliskova
67
67
Total points
48
48
29
29
Winners
21
21
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
10
10
Unforced
31
31
24%
24%
Ratio Unforced
76%
76%
9/13
9/13
Net Approaches
4/7
4/7
69%
69%
Perc
57%
57%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
66%
66%
1st in
67%
67%
73%
73%
1st won
58%
58%
29/40
29/40
1st won
21/36
21/36
43%
43%
2nd won
22%
22%
9/21
9/21
2nd won
4/18
4/18
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/4
1/4
63%
63%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Stephens scored 67 points vs. Karolina’s 48.

Stephens

Stephens was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

Pliskova

On the other side, Pliskova was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Pliskova is 5-1 for Sloane.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva – stats

Stephens will fight against Gracheva in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Sloane Stephens and Varvara Gracheva clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Gracheva won 7-64 6-3 in the quarter in Austin back in March 2023.

Sloane Stephens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Stephens HTML
StephensPliskova
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0
0
P
0
0

This set was a no-contest as Sloane conceded no games to Pliskova before winning the set 6-0.

Sloane converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Karolina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They contested 43 points. The American conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Pliskova (29-14). Sloane lost 7 points on serve (15-7). On the other side, Karolina conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Sloane conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Sloane broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Karolina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).

They contested 72 points. Stephens was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Karolina (38-34). Stephens surrendered 16 points on serve (23-16). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

1st
Stephens
Pliskova
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Stephens
Pliskova
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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