Karolina Pliskova and Harriet Dart will square off in the semifinal of the Transylvania Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.42
Harriet Dart -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Harriet Dart

This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Harriet Dart square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Pliskova won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Doha back in 2023.

Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova

5 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
4-0
Rank
41
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-16 10-10 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
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Ranked no. 78, the Czech got to the semifinal after defeating Sinja Kraus 6-4 7-66, Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-2 6-1 and Sara Errani 6-2 6-0.

In the quarter, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Errani (6-2 6-0). During the match, Pliskova scored 59 points vs Errani’s 32. Pliskova was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pliskova managed to score 4 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Karolina Pliskova was very effective on serve to win 91% (20/22) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pliskova broke Errani 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karolina hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points she played.

Pliskova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (349-177). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has an overall 31-20 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Karolina has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cluj-Napoca

Pliskova has never competed in this tournament before.

Cluj
Pliskova's Record

Harriet Dart

Harriet Dart

10 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
5-3
Rank
101
High
70
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-27 12-12 3-7 5-3 6-5 0-0
2023 42-32 27-19 1-3 6-5 8-5 0-0
2022 29-29 17-15 1-5 4-4 7-5 0-0
2021 27-23 17-12 8-4 1-3 1-4 0-0
2020 13-11 5-4 2-5 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 103, Harriet reached the semifinal after beating Ylona-Georgiana Ghioroaie 7-63 7-64, Katarina Zavatska 6-0 6-3, Anna Bondar 6-4 7-60, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 5-7 7-5 6-3 and Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Dart had a good straight sets win against Parrizas-Diaz (6-3 6-2). During the match Dart scored 80 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 59. Harriet was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Dart managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Harriet Dart lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dart put 69% of her first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Harriet broke Parrizas-Diaz 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Harriet started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Dart’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Canberra.

Harriet has a compiled 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Cluj
Dart's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Pliskova
H.Dart
3h:35
3h:35
Time on court​
!
9h:08
9h:08
1h:01
1h:01
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
52
52
Games Played​
114
114
6
6
Set played​​
11
11
188
188
Total points​
415
415
62.7
62.7
Avg point​
83
83
75
75
Winners
156
156
25
25
Avg Winners​
31.2
31.2
40%
40%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
11
11
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
2.2
2.2
9
9
Double Faults
29
29
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
5.8
5.8
75/92
75/92
1st won total​
156/215
156/215
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
31/65
31/65
2nd won total​
78/157
78/157
48%
48%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
14/26
14/26
BP won
22/53
22/53
4.7/8.7
4.7/8.7
Avg BP won
4.4/10.6
4.4/10.6
!
54%
54%
Won
42%
42%
8
8
Conceded
34
34
2.7
2.7
Avg Conceded
6.8
6.8
3
3
Broken
13
13
1
1
Avg Broken
2.6
2.6
5
5
Saved
21
21
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pliskova Dart
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 6 11
Tot Games 52 114
Pts 188-133 415-339
Total Points 321 754
Winners 75 156
%Winners 40% 38%

Pliskova played 3 matches while Dart competed in 5 matches. Dart started her run from the qualifications while Pliskova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Harriet Dart lost 1 set while Karolina Pliskova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pliskova has played 5 set(s) less than Dart (6 vs 11). Therefore, Pliskova played 62 games less than Dart. Pliskova scored 75 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Dart managed to score 156 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pliskova Dart
Aces 20 11
Avg per match 6.7 2.2
1st in 92/157 215/372
%1st in 59% 58%
1st pts 75/92 156/215
%1st pts 82% 73%
2nd pts 31/65 78/157
%2nd pts 48% 50%

Pliskova recorded 20 aces (6.7 per match). Dart blasted 11 aces (2.2 per match). Pliskova won 82% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Dart won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pliskova Dart
Won 14 22
Converted 14/26 22/53
% Converted 54% 42%
Conceded 8 34
Saved 5 21
% Saved 63% 62%
Times Broken 3 13

The Czech broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Pliskova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Harriet broke her opponents 22 times with a 42% conversion rate. Harriet conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Pliskova
R1
Kraus		 R2
Camila Osorio Serrano		 1/4
Errani		 Total
Score 6-4 7-66 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 23 15 14 52
pts 77-73 52-28 59-32 188-133
Total points 150 80 91 321
Winners 38 17 20 75
%Winners 49% 33% 34% 40%
SERVE
Aces 14 2 4 20
Double Faults 5 4 0 9
1st in 49/75 21/38 22/44 92/157
% 1st in 65% 55% 50% 59%
1st pts 38/49 17/21 20/22 75/92
% 1st pts 78% 81% 91% 82%
2nd pts 9/26 10/17 12/22 31/65
% 2nd pts 35% 59% 55% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 6 5 14
Converted 3/9 6/9 5/8 14/26
Converted % 33% 67% 63% 54%
Conceded 3 3 2 8
Saved 1/3 2/3 2/2 5
Saved % 33% 67% 100% 67%
Times Broken 2 1 0 3
Dart
Q1
Ghioroaie		 Q3
Zavatska		 R1
Bondar		 R2
Cocciaretto		 1/4
Parrizas-Diaz		 Total
Score 7-63 7-64 6-0 6-3 6-4 7-60 5-7 7-5 6-3 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 2 11
Tot Games 26 15 23 33 17 114
pts 92-82 59-34 77-64 107-100 80-59 415-339
Total points 174 93 141 207 139 754
Winners 35 17 34 44 26 156
%Winners 38% 29% 44% 41% 33% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 4 3 2 11
Double Faults 10 2 5 8 4 29
1st in 49/92 24/43 41/69 57/104 44/64 215/372
% 1st in 53% 56% 59% 55% 69% 58%
1st pts 35/49 17/24 34/41 44/57 26/44 156/215
% 1st pts 71% 71% 83% 77% 59% 73%
2nd pts 17/43 16/19 16/28 18/47 11/20 78/157
% 2nd pts 40% 84% 57% 38% 55% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4 2 6 6 22
Converted 4/4 4/10 2/7 6/15 6/17 22/53
Converted % 100% 40% 29% 40% 35% 42%
Conceded 11 1 4 10 8 34
Saved 7/11 1/1 3/4 5/10 5/8 21
Saved % 64% 100% 75% 50% 63% 117%
Times Broken 4 0 1 5 3 13

Tennis Scores in Cluj

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