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Karolina Pliskova #9 def. Petra Martic #25

6-1 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2021*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karolina Pliskova
Score	6-1 3-6 6-2
Loser	Petra Martic

Stat	Karolina Pliskova	Petra Martic
Aces	8	4
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	67	55
First serve points won %	67	55
Second serve points won %	48	46
Break points saved %	70	54
Break points converted %	46	30
Service points won %	60	51
Return points won %	49	40
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Pliskova	Petra Martic
Country	CZE	CRO
Birth date	Mar 21, 1992	Jan 19, 1991
Age	29	30
Height	186	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	25
Ranking points (entering)	4,660	2,335
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,765
Career W-L	421–241	212–214
Career earnings	$26,944,237	$9,220,466

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Pliskova 2 – 2 Petra Martic

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2021	QF	Jelena Ostapenko	4-6 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Vera Zvonareva	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2021	R32	Anastasija Sevastova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2021	F	Iga Swiatek	0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Martic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2021	QF	Jessica Pegula	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Nadia Podoroska	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2021	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2021	R64	Shelby Rogers	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data