Karolina Pliskova tops Harriet Dart 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Cluj on Saturday. Pliskova will play against Ana Bogdan in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.
The Czech added to her prize money $ 9,220 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,830 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add $ 15,420 to her earnings to get in total $ 36,250 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 68 points vs. the Brit’s 52.
Pliskova
Karolina didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Dart
On the other side, Dart was fantastic in converting all her break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Dart is 3-0 for Karolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Ana Bogdan – stats
Pliskova will play Bogdan in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Karolina Pliskova and Ana Bogdan fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pliskova won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Doha back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Pliskova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Harriet Dart in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Czech to win the set as the Brit succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Czech kept her focus to break Dart in the 9th (6-3) game.
Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Karolina converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Harriet was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-4 30-40).
They contested 78 points. Pliskova was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Brit (44-34). Pliskova lost 15 points on serve (21-15). On the other side, Harriet conceded 23 points on serve (19-23).
Pliskova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Harriet Dart in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Karolina to win the set since the Brit managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.
Pliskova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 0-40).
They contested 42 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Harriet (24-18). Pliskova lost 8 points on serve (12-8). On the other side, Harriet conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Harriet DartDart (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-3) – H2H details and stats
