Karolina Pliskova and Sara Errani will fight against each other in the quarter of the Transylvania Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.38
Sara Errani -> 3.05

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Sara Errani

This will be the 3^rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Sara Errani fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pliskova won 6-0 6-3 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2015.

Karolina Pliskova

Ranked no. 78, Pliskova got to the quarter after beating Sinja Kraus 6-4 7-6⁶ and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-2 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Camila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-1). During the match, Pliskova scored 52 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 28. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pliskova bagged 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Karolina Pliskova was very effective on serve to win 81% (17/21) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Karolina broke Camila Osorio Serrano 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (348-177). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has an aggregate 30-20 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Czech has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cluj-Napoca

Pliskova has never competed in this tournament before.

Sara Errani

Ranked no. 98, Sara got to the quarter after defeating Caty McNally 6-2 6-4 and Tatjana Maria 6-0 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Errani had a good straight sets win against Maria (6-0 6-1). During the match Errani scored 60 points vs Maria’s 30. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Errani couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sara Errani was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of her 1st serve and 80% (4/5) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Errani broke Maria 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Errani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points she played.

The Italian has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pliskova	Errani
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	38	31
Pts	129-101	120-74
Total Points	230	194
Winners	55	52
%Winners	43%	43%

Both Pliskova and Errani played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Errani have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pliskova played 7 games more than Errani. The Czech scored 55 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Sara bagged 52 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pliskova	Errani
Aces	16	0
Avg per match	8	0
1st in	70/113	79/96
%1st in	62%	82%
1st pts	55/70	52/79
%1st pts	79%	66%
2nd pts	19/43	9/17
%2nd pts	44%	53%

Pliskova recorded 16 aces (8 per match). Errani didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pliskova won 79% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Errani won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pliskova	Errani
Won	9	12
Converted	9/18	12/17
% Converted	50%	71%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	3	6
% Saved	50%	60%
Times Broken	3	4

The Czech broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pliskova lost her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Italian broke her opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. Errani conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Pliskova
	R1 Kraus	R2 Camila Osorio Serrano	Total
Score	6-4 7-66	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	15	38
pts	77-73	52-28	129-101
Total points	150	80	230
Winners	38	17	55
%Winners	49%	33%	43%
SERVE
Aces	14	2	16
Double Faults	5	4	9
1st in	49/75	21/38	70/113
% 1st in	65%	55%	62%
1st pts	38/49	17/21	55/70
% 1st pts	78%	81%	79%
2nd pts	9/26	10/17	19/43
% 2nd pts	35%	59%	44%
Breaks
Won	3	6	9
Converted	3/9	6/9	9/18
Converted %	33%	67%	50%
Conceded	3	3	6
Saved	1/3	2/3	3
Saved %	33%	67%	50%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Errani
	R1 McNally	R2 Maria	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	13	31
pts	60-44	60-30	120-74
Total points	104	90	194
Winners	26	26	52
%Winners	43%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	46/58	33/38	79/96
% 1st in	79%	87%	82%
1st pts	26/46	26/33	52/79
% 1st pts	57%	79%	66%
2nd pts	5/12	4/5	9/17
% 2nd pts	42%	80%	53%
Breaks
Won	7	5	12
Converted	7/10	5/7	12/17
Converted %	70%	71%	71%
Conceded	9	1	10
Saved	5/9	1/1	6
Saved %	56%	100%	78%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Tennis Scores in Cluj

• Elixane Lechemia/Olivia NichollsLechemia/Olivia Nicholls – Anna Bondar/Kimberley ZimmermannBondar/Kimberley Zimmermann (6-3 3-6 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jaqueline Cristian/Andreea MituCristian/Andreea Mitu – Viktoria Hruncakova/Alexandra PanovaHruncakova/Alexandra Panova (6-4 4-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yann MartiMarti – Fabien ReboulReboul (7-6⁴ 6-7³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek Puches (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Arantxa RusRus – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Harriet DartDart – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sara ErraniErrani (1-1) – H2H and prediction