Jelena Ostapenko and Karolina Pliskova will square off in the 1^st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 10^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.57
Karolina Pliskova -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Karolina Pliskova

This will be the 10^th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Karolina Pliskova face off. The head to head is 5-4 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ostapenko won 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.

Jelena Ostapenko

Ranked no. 20, Ostapenko will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 7-6(7) 0-6 7-6(8) to Brady in the 1^st round on the 7^th of August.

The Latvian has an aggregate 27-15 win-loss record in 2023, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Birmingham where she overcame Barbora Krejcikova in the final 7-6(8) 6-4.

Talking about her overall career, Ostapenko has an overall 350-213 record. She has a positive 114-95 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2021. See her history.

Karolina Pliskova

Ranked no. 25, Karolina will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 7-6(6) 6-2 to Swiatek in the 2^nd round on the 9^th of August.

Pliskova has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2023, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Czech has an overall 601-328 record. She has a positive 316-162 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2016. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Celine NaefNaef (1-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Venus WilliamsWilliams – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lin ZhuZhu (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sloane StephensStephens – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Joao SousaSousa (4-6 6-4 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas PouillePouille – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Denis IstominIstomin (7-6¹ 7-6⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (0-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Andreas Haider-MaurerHaider-Maurer (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Malek JaziriJaziri – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Borna CoricCoric – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Damir Dzumhur/Filip KrajinovicDzumhur/Filip Krajinovic – Henri Kontinen/John PeersKontinen/John Peers (7-6⁴ 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Robin HaaseHaase – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benoit PairePaire – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (5-7 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Florian MayerMayer (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Gleb SakharovSakharov (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (4-5) – H2H and prediction
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xiyu WangWang – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Petra MarticMartic – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Elise MertensMertens (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Donna VekicVekic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Ann LiLi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sloane StephensStephens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H and prediction