Elena Rybakina and Karolina Pliskova will play each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.145
Karolina Pliskova -> 5.6

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova

This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Karolina Pliskova face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Rybakina won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi back in 2023.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Karolina Pliskova – Abu Dhabi 09-February-2023

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

6 - 1win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
4
High
3
WLWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-7 22-4 12-2 0-0 2-1 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0
2020 29-10 18-5 7-3 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Rybakina will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Alexandrova in the quarter on the 11th of January.

Elena has an aggregate 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-0 6-3.

Talking about her overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 295-133 record. She has a positive 133-67 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Rybakina's Record

Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
46
High
1
LLLWWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-12 7-6 1-3 5-0 4-3 0-0
2023 22-19 19-13 2-3 0-0 1-3 0-0
2022 21-21 12-9 6-6 0-3 3-3 0-0
2021 37-19 23-12 8-4 0-0 6-3 0-0
2020 14-8 9-5 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 37, Karolina will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Siniakova in the 1st round on the 9th of January.

Pliskova has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Pliskova has an overall 604-334 record. She has a positive 319-168 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Australian Open
Pliskova's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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