Iga Swiatek and Karolina Pliskova will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.06
Karolina Pliskova -> 9.2
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Pliskova
This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Karolina Pliskova face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Swiatek won 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in 2023.
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-9 | 29-5 | 26-2 | 7-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 68-11 | 42-8 | 19-2 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-9 | 42-6 | 18-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-15 | 18-10 | 12-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-5 | 6-4 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Iga got to the semifinal after defeating Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-1, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 6-4 and Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, Iga had a good straight sets win against Azarenka (6-4 6-0). During the match, Swiatek scored 52 points vs Azarenka’s 33. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Swiatek wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Iga Swiatek was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Iga broke Azarenka 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Swiatek hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 81% of her matches (295-68). 10-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has an overall143-38 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Australia where she defeated Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0.
Iga has a compiled 10-1 win-loss record in 2024, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Karolina Pliskova
| 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 |
Ranked no. 59, Pliskova reached the semifinal after beating Anna Kalinskaya 2-6 7-63 6-4, Anastasia Potapova 6-1 5-7 6-4, Linda Noskova 3-6 7-5 6-1 and Naomi Osaka 7-66 7-65.
In the quarter, Pliskova had a good straight sets win against Osaka (7-66 7-65). During the match Pliskova and Osaka scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Karolina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Pliskova fired 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 70% (44/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Osaka twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pliskova has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Napoca where she beat Ana Bogdan in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Czech has an aggregate 10-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 114 |
| Pts | 181-114 | 389-375 |
| Total Points | 295 | 764 |
| Winners | 81 | 188 |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% |
Swiatek played 3 matches while Pliskova competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Karolina Pliskova conceded 3 sets while Iga Swiatek hasn’t dropped a set so far. Swiatek has played 5 set(s) less than Pliskova (6 vs 11). Therefore, Swiatek played 67 games less than Pliskova. Swiatek scored 81 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Karolina scored 188 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 45 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 107/151 | 273/395 |
| %1st in | 71% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 81/107 | 188/273 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 46/122 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 38% |
Swiatek fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Pliskova managed to score 45 aces (11.3 per match). Swiatek won 76% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Pliskova won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 18 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 18/39 |
| % Converted | 57% | 46% |
| Conceded | 10 | 45 |
| Saved | 9 | 30 |
| % Saved | 90% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 15 |
Swiatek broke her opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Pole surrendered her serve once and she saved 90% of the break points that she conceded. Karolina broke her opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Pliskova conceded her serve 15 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | |||||
| R2 Cirstea |
R3 Alexandrova |
1/4 Azarenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 16 | 47 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 72-52 | 52-33 | 181-114 | |
| Total points | 86 | 124 | 85 | 295 | |
| Winners | 20 | 40 | 21 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 56% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 54/73 | 27/42 | 107/151 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 74% | 64% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 40/54 | 21/27 | 81/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 74% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 9/19 | 8/15 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 47% | 53% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 83% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/8 | 1/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pliskova | ||||||
| R1 Kalinskaya |
R2 Potapova |
R3 Noskova |
1/4 Osaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-63 6-4 | 6-1 5-7 6-4 | 3-6 7-5 6-1 | 7-66 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 114 | |
| pts | 105-107 | 104-100 | 94-82 | 86-86 | 389-375 | |
| Total points | 212 | 204 | 176 | 172 | 764 | |
| Winners | 62 | 44 | 38 | 44 | 188 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 42% | 40% | 51% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 19 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 45 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | |
| 1st in | 82/117 | 69/104 | 59/88 | 63/86 | 273/395 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 67% | 73% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 62/82 | 44/69 | 38/59 | 44/63 | 188/273 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 64% | 64% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/35 | 10/35 | 15/29 | 11/23 | 46/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | 52% | 48% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 8/16 | 6/12 | 2/7 | 18/39 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 29% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 45 | |
| Saved | 13/16 | 7/13 | 8/12 | 2/4 | 30 | |
| Saved % | 81% | 54% | 67% | 50% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
Head 2 Head
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