Karolina Pliskova #18 def. Maria Sakkari #7

6-1 6-2

Karolina Pliskova defeated Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-2 in the 2023 Dubai Tennis Championships second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKarolina PliskovaMaria Sakkari
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
84
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
12
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
72.7%64.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
67.5%41.9%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
60.0%35.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
65.5%39.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
60.4%34.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
63.1%36.9%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+8.7-17.1
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+17.1-8.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2023 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKarolina PliskovaMaria Sakkari
Country CZE GRE
Birth dateMar 21, 1992Jul 25, 1995
Age3027
Height186 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)187
Ranking points (entering)1,9103,800
Elo (entering)1,8801,936
Current career W-L430–248266–211
Current career earnings$26,988,922$14,983,434
Pre-match H2H

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Marketa Vondrousova #1036-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 21, 2023R64

Karolina Pliskova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anhelina Kalinina #337-5 6-7(6) 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 23, 2023R16

Maria Sakkari's path

No prior matches in this tournament.