H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Karolina Pliskova vs Svetlana Kuznetsova H2H: 2-3

Svetlana Kuznetsova holds a 3–2 lead over Karolina Pliskova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Svetlana Kuznetsova leads 3–1 on hard courts, while Karolina Pliskova leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Svetlana Kuznetsova won the 2019 Cincinnati Open quarterfinal 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3.

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Karolina Pliskova
Czech Republic Age 34 Right-Handed 186 cm / 6'1"
H2H
2 – 3
5 main-draw meetings
Svetlana Kuznetsova
RUS Age 41 Right-Handed 174 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Svetlana Kuznetsova #153 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 Karolina Pliskova #3 Match data Aug 17, 2019* QF Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Karolina Pliskova #3 6-7(7) 6-2 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 Match data Jul 1, 2017* QF Eastbourne Open Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Grass
Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 7-6(5) 7-6(2) Karolina Pliskova #3 Match data Mar 18, 2017* SF Indian Wells Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova #9 3-6 6-2 7-6(8) Karolina Pliskova #5 Match data Oct 26, 2016 RR WTA Finals WTA Finals Hard
Karolina Pliskova #17 6-3 4-6 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 Match data Aug 20, 2016* QF Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Karolina Pliskova #57 #1 6,940 2,045 430 248 63.4% 0 2 0 9 6 17
Svetlana Kuznetsova #1,203 #2 6,191 2,098 594 323 64.8% 2 2 0 8 6 18

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2007 0–1 0.0% #736 1,491 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 2008 2–1 66.7% #465 1,530 0 0 2001 2–2 50.0% #266 1,519 0 0
17 2009 0–1 0.0% #221 1,521 0 0 2002 22–9 71.0% #43 1,743 0 2
18 2010 0–1 0.0% #212 1,504 0 0 2003 22–16 57.9% #35 1,819 0 2
19 2011 0–3 0.0% #145 1,467 0 0 2004 57–20 74.0% #5 2,031 1 5
20 2012 1–6 14.3% #118 1,444 0 0 2005 29–17 63.0% #18 1,871 1 5
21 2013 11–15 42.3% #71 1,514 0 1 2006 61–20 75.3% #4 2,043 1 8
22 2014 44–24 64.7% #23 1,800 0 3 2007 51–20 71.8% #2 1,998 1 9
23 2015 50–25 66.7% #11 1,814 0 4 2008 41–21 66.1% #8 1,928 1 9
24 2016 41–21 66.1% #6 1,895 0 6 2009 41–16 71.9% #3 1,988 2 12
25 2017 52–18 74.3% #4 1,928 0 9 2010 26–16 61.9% #27 1,885 2 13
26 2018 48–22 68.6% #8 1,921 0 11 2011 31–19 62.0% #19 1,804 2 13
27 2019 51–16 76.1% #2 1,979 0 15 2012 13–12 52.0% #71 1,776 2 13
28 2020 14–8 63.6% #6 1,916 0 16 2013 29–18 61.7% #21 1,825 2 13
29 2021 37–19 66.1% #4 1,969 0 16 2014 27–18 60.0% #27 1,851 2 14
30 2022 21–19 52.5% #31 1,835 0 16 2015 26–19 57.8% #25 1,843 2 15
31 2023 17–20 45.9% #38 1,763 0 16 2016 46–21 68.7% #9 1,926 2 17
32 2024 20–17 54.1% #41 1,777 0 17 2017 32–17 65.3% #12 1,829 2 17
33 — — — — — — — 2018 11–13 45.8% #106 1,756 2 18
34 2026 21–11 65.6% #57 1,855 0 17 2019 14–13 51.9% #53 1,787 2 18
35 — — — — — — — 2020 8–7 53.3% #36 1,797 2 18
36 — — — — — — — 2021 5–9 35.7% #109 1,726 2 18

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 2007 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2008 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2001 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
17 2009 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2002 10 4 14 71.4% 12 5 17 70.6% — — — — — — — —
18 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 14 10 24 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
19 2011 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 40 14 54 74.1% 12 4 16 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2012 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2005 11 9 20 55.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
21 2013 8 8 16 50.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2006 38 11 49 77.6% 19 6 25 76.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2014 36 18 54 66.7% 7 4 11 63.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2007 32 14 46 69.6% 14 4 18 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 2015 37 19 56 66.1% 7 3 10 70.0% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2008 31 16 47 66.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
24 2016 25 13 38 65.8% 6 5 11 54.5% 10 3 13 76.9% — — — — 2009 23 12 35 65.7% 16 2 18 88.9% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
25 2017 37 12 49 75.5% 9 5 14 64.3% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2010 20 10 30 66.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
26 2018 32 16 48 66.7% 11 3 14 78.6% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2011 20 13 33 60.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
27 2019 34 11 45 75.6% 8 3 11 72.7% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 2012 9 7 16 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2020 9 6 15 60.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — 2013 21 14 35 60.0% 8 4 12 66.7% — — — — — — — —
29 2021 23 12 35 65.7% 8 4 12 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2014 15 12 27 55.6% 12 5 17 70.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 2022 12 10 22 54.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2015 15 13 28 53.6% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
31 2023 14 14 28 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2016 34 15 49 69.4% 9 4 13 69.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
32 2024 15 11 26 57.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2017 17 11 28 60.7% 9 4 13 69.2% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 7 5 12 58.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
34 2026 6 5 11 54.5% 9 3 12 75.0% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2019 9 6 15 60.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 6 4 10 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
Career — 289 160 449 64.4% 83 56 139 59.7% 58 32 90 64.4% — — — — — 378 207 585 64.6% 160 79 239 66.9% 49 30 79 62.0% 7 7 14 50.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 614/678 of Karolina Pliskova's and 679/882 of Svetlana Kuznetsova's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
15 2007 1/1 5.0 2.0 39.7% 55.2% 50.0% 40.0% 83.3% 52.1% 45.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
16 2008 2/3 1.5 4.0 54.7% 62.1% 35.7% 28.3% 62.5% 50.0% 32.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2010 1/1 2.0 3.0 63.1% 65.9% 37.5% 57.1% 25.0% 55.4% 31.7% 2003 9/38 3.8 3.0 58.1% 68.2% 52.0% 64.1% 47.7% 61.2% 45.0%
19 2011 3/3 4.7 2.7 60.4% 63.4% 33.2% 48.5% 33.3% 51.4% 33.2% 2004 15/77 5.6 2.2 56.1% 69.1% 53.6% 46.7% 54.8% 62.1% 46.7%
20 2012 7/7 6.1 2.9 63.3% 66.4% 40.1% 54.0% 42.5% 56.9% 32.6% 2005 21/46 4.6 3.3 54.9% 70.1% 49.9% 57.7% 49.7% 60.7% 48.2%
21 2013 23/26 6.7 3.0 58.1% 72.6% 43.5% 56.8% 43.9% 60.7% 38.6% 2006 66/81 3.6 2.4 60.9% 66.8% 51.5% 58.6% 49.7% 60.7% 45.8%
22 2014 66/68 6.5 2.9 58.8% 71.6% 47.2% 53.4% 43.5% 61.4% 42.8% 2007 68/71 3.9 2.2 64.6% 67.5% 48.9% 60.8% 47.0% 60.9% 44.2%
23 2015 58/75 6.9 3.3 61.3% 72.1% 49.2% 58.3% 52.8% 63.4% 40.3% 2008 55/62 3.7 2.7 59.2% 68.3% 48.2% 49.2% 47.3% 60.0% 46.9%
24 2016 52/62 8.8 2.7 58.4% 75.5% 46.8% 58.8% 45.4% 63.3% 43.9% 2009 53/57 3.8 2.8 61.8% 67.8% 51.2% 57.2% 47.5% 61.4% 45.3%
25 2017 60/70 6.6 2.9 58.6% 74.5% 48.5% 59.7% 46.2% 63.9% 44.3% 2010 38/42 3.6 3.9 60.8% 69.9% 44.6% 54.0% 42.7% 60.0% 44.5%
26 2018 63/70 5.8 3.6 63.6% 69.7% 47.0% 58.1% 46.6% 61.2% 43.4% 2011 49/50 2.3 2.6 64.0% 63.5% 48.3% 50.6% 49.4% 57.8% 47.3%
27 2019 63/67 7.6 3.1 65.9% 74.0% 46.0% 57.9% 48.3% 64.3% 45.1% 2012 22/25 3.6 2.2 62.6% 62.8% 48.5% 44.1% 52.1% 57.5% 46.2%
28 2020 22/22 5.6 4.0 61.4% 70.4% 46.7% 58.2% 46.1% 61.2% 43.7% 2013 45/47 3.6 2.7 60.9% 64.4% 46.6% 48.5% 47.4% 57.4% 44.5%
29 2021 50/56 7.3 5.7 62.3% 70.4% 43.6% 61.3% 46.0% 60.1% 41.8% 2014 42/45 2.9 2.6 62.3% 65.6% 48.6% 51.4% 45.9% 59.0% 45.7%
30 2022 40/40 6.7 5.9 64.1% 67.5% 41.7% 57.9% 48.6% 58.5% 41.2% 2015 30/45 3.0 3.5 65.2% 65.1% 52.8% 49.9% 46.5% 61.0% 41.5%
31 2023 36/37 6.4 4.5 65.1% 69.3% 38.7% 53.3% 49.4% 58.7% 42.2% 2016 48/67 3.5 2.9 64.6% 65.9% 44.5% 52.7% 49.4% 58.1% 45.0%
32 2024 35/37 7.1 6.9 64.5% 68.0% 42.9% 61.2% 50.7% 59.0% 41.3% 2017 46/49 2.7 3.6 67.1% 63.7% 49.2% 54.9% 52.7% 58.9% 46.2%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 17/24 2.1 5.1 68.6% 60.5% 38.3% 56.5% 49.4% 53.4% 41.7%
34 2026 32/33 3.6 5.6 65.3% 66.9% 42.3% 54.1% 52.7% 58.4% 40.8% 2019 27/27 2.3 2.5 67.0% 64.4% 49.4% 55.1% 44.6% 59.0% 43.9%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 14/15 3.1 2.6 66.2% 64.9% 45.0% 54.0% 55.7% 58.0% 43.6%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 14/14 2.4 3.1 62.3% 61.3% 41.9% 56.3% 53.0% 54.0% 41.1%
Career — 614/679 6.7 3.9 62.0% 71.2% 45.3% 57.5% 47.5% 61.3% 42.3% — 679/917 3.4 2.8 62.7% 66.1% 48.4% 53.9% 48.4% 59.4% 45.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 2007 1491 98.9 -2.80 -7.65 0.953 48.7% — — — 0.0% -1.50 — 0–1 — -0.16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2008 1531 101.3 -0.28 -0.31 0.643 42.7% — +24 — 57.1% -0.71 1–0 — — -0.42 2001 1520 107.4 — — — — — — — 50.0% +0.20 1–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.10
17 2009 1522 99.9 — — — — — — — 33.3% -2.33 0–1 1–0 — -0.16 2002 1744 121.2 — — — — -72 -31 — 59.1% +0.33 9–3 (75%) 6–1 (86%) 111.8 +0.76
18 2010 1504 97.5 -1.06 +0.20 0.710 44.0% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — +0.13 2003 1820 144.4 +3.33 +1.48 1.157 53.1% -66 -110 -93 55.4% +0.58 5–2 (71%) 6–7 (46%) 102.4 -2.01
19 2011 1468 97.1 +1.66 -2.13 0.683 42.9% — — — 14.3% -2.43 0–1 — — +0.18 2004 2031 163.4 +5.05 +2.22 1.230 54.2% -28 -160 -233 68.5% +1.26 16–8 (67%) 13–7 (65%) 109.0 -2.09
20 2012 1445 104.0 +1.53 -4.70 0.756 45.0% +44 — — 14.3% -2.14 — — — -0.46 2005 1872 147.9 +4.37 +2.97 1.228 54.4% -43 +83 +24 60.6% +0.94 9–8 (53%) 4–8 (33%) 96.1 +0.12
21 2013 1515 116.1 +2.68 -3.87 0.984 49.7% +34 -71 +36 45.0% -0.27 3–5 (38%) 1–2 (33%) 98.0 -0.31 2006 2043 167.5 +5.36 +2.70 1.166 53.2% +5 +9 -127 68.0% +1.45 18–5 (78%) 14–6 (70%) 110.0 -2.64
22 2014 1801 141.2 +4.39 -0.61 1.109 51.9% 0 -220 -224 60.9% +0.70 15–10 (60%) 10–7 (59%) 106.9 +0.20 2007 1999 160.7 +5.24 +2.13 1.130 52.6% -13 +130 -21 67.3% +1.16 14–7 (67%) 9–8 (53%) 101.1 +2.11
23 2015 1815 145.3 +4.92 -0.94 1.100 51.8% +19 -177 -128 60.8% +0.67 19–7 (73%) 13–11 (54%) 108.0 +2.74 2008 1929 163.8 +5.05 +3.51 1.174 53.2% +25 +134 +5 63.3% +0.95 9–8 (53%) 9–4 (69%) 101.0 +0.11
24 2016 1896 151.5 +6.52 +1.70 1.194 53.3% +6 -233 -105 61.9% +0.99 11–6 (65%) 9–14 (39%) 101.0 -0.57 2009 1988 158.7 +5.86 +2.71 1.175 53.2% -19 +185 -126 66.4% +1.18 15–9 (63%) 9–8 (53%) 99.0 -1.17
25 2017 1929 157.4 +7.32 +1.47 1.225 53.9% +22 -159 -42 68.6% +1.31 12–7 (63%) 8–11 (42%) 99.8 +1.32 2010 1886 147.2 +4.05 +1.31 1.114 52.0% +32 +162 -41 55.9% +0.61 13–9 (59%) 3–6 (33%) 94.4 +1.44
26 2018 1921 156.9 +4.54 +1.21 1.118 52.1% +3 +8 -35 62.5% +0.75 16–6 (73%) 12–8 (60%) 105.8 -0.73 2011 1805 143.9 +1.84 +3.01 1.121 52.5% +38 +165 +37 59.5% +0.78 9–9 (50%) 5–9 (36%) 92.2 +1.49
27 2019 1980 157.5 +7.44 +2.67 1.263 54.4% +1 -8 -3 68.7% +1.37 19–12 (61%) 8–8 (50%) 98.3 +1.00 2012 1777 144.7 +1.94 +2.27 1.088 51.9% +43 +160 — 57.1% +0.82 1–4 (20%) 2–5 (29%) 92.1 -2.07
28 2020 1917 146.8 +3.25 +0.83 1.125 52.4% -13 +73 — 58.8% +0.96 5–2 (71%) 2–7 (22%) 97.0 -0.18 2013 1826 146.2 +2.31 +1.13 1.043 50.8% +7 +96 — 57.8% +0.39 10–5 (67%) 6–1 (86%) 107.8 -0.29
29 2021 1970 149.6 +3.90 +0.30 1.047 51.1% -17 +46 +115 59.8% +0.56 13–4 (76%) 8–6 (57%) 104.7 +1.20 2014 1851 143.7 +2.93 +2.59 1.115 52.2% -47 +87 — 60.0% +0.75 8–9 (47%) 3–5 (38%) 96.6 -1.59
30 2022 1836 136.2 +1.10 -0.03 0.992 50.1% +34 +46 +173 48.5% +0.10 12–5 (71%) 6–9 (40%) 97.8 +1.04 2015 1843 140.8 +2.63 +0.95 1.064 51.1% -25 +86 -72 55.6% +0.51 8–7 (53%) 8–3 (73%) 101.6 -0.59
31 2023 1763 149.7 +2.46 +0.60 1.021 50.2% +68 +75 +144 48.1% +0.15 4–7 (36%) 1–8 (11%) 87.6 +0.27 2016 1926 153.4 +2.42 +2.62 1.075 51.4% -2 +50 -129 60.5% +0.77 22–9 (71%) 7–8 (47%) 104.6 -0.88
32 2024 1778 141.4 +1.97 -0.71 1.007 50.4% +61 -2 +155 56.2% +0.14 9–10 (47%) 9–5 (64%) 100.9 -0.55 2017 1830 142.1 +2.37 +2.49 1.124 52.4% -11 +139 +52 62.6% +0.81 9–8 (53%) 12–2 (86%) 102.3 +1.99
33 2025 1728 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1756 126.6 -1.70 -0.48 0.895 47.7% +48 +88 +52 45.6% -0.10 5–4 (56%) 2–3 (40%) 97.5 -0.59
34 2026 1856 135.9 +1.05 -1.24 0.979 49.3% -58 +31 +102 58.9% -0.01 8–3 (73%) 8–3 (73%) 108.7 +0.36 2019 1788 136.6 +2.21 +1.61 1.071 51.1% +61 -52 — 50.0% -0.08 5–5 (50%) 7–3 (70%) 100.6 -0.53
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1797 138.9 +1.05 +0.87 1.039 50.9% +54 -63 — 48.5% +0.15 3–2 (60%) 2–5 (29%) 99.3 -0.82
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1726 127.8 -0.59 -0.05 0.894 47.7% +83 — — 41.7% -0.56 3–5 (38%) 0–1 — +0.11
Career — 2045 152.8 +4.37 +0.29 1.095 51.7% +14 -53 +11 59.3% +0.63 147–86 (63%) 96–100 (49%) 101.2 +0.73 — 2099 158.3 +3.46 +2.20 1.112 52.2% -3 +61 -45 60.7% +0.80 192–127 (60%) 129–102 (56%) 102.9 -0.80

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.