SF Italian Open 2019

Karolina Pliskova #7 def. Maria Sakkari #39

6-4 6-4

Karolina Pliskova defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-4 in the 2019 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKarolina PliskovaMaria Sakkari
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
22
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
02
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
61.3%55.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
76.3%54.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%60.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
80.0%40.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
66.1%57.1%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
60.0%20.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
42.9%33.9%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
54.4%45.6%
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.
+9.3+0.3
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.
-0.3-9.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2019 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
Age2723
Height186 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)739
Ranking points (entering)4,7861,367
Elo (entering)1,9991,820
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
Victoria Azarenka #516-7(5) 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 18, 2019QF
Sofia Kenin #374-6 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 17, 2019R16
Ajla Tomljanovic #476-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 16, 2019R32

Karolina Pliskova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Johanna Konta #426-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 19, 2019F

Maria Sakkari's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kristina Mladenovic #635-7 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 18, 2019QF
Petra Kvitova #57-5 5-7 4-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataMay 17, 2019R16
Anett Kontaveit #166-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 16, 2019R32
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #366-1 7-5WH2HMatch dataMay 15, 2019R64