Karolina Pliskova vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova
#49 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
6w4 meetings · sets 8–2
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Karolina Pliskova and Sofia Kenin have met 4 times since 2016; Karolina Pliskova leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at US Open in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Pliskova leads 3–0. Pliskova has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Pliskova has taken 8 sets to Kenin's 2. Their most recent meeting: Karolina Pliskova won at Zhengzhou (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pliskova | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Karolina Pliskova | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 12/20 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 3/12 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 11/32 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 6/16 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 9/16 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 70% | 7/10 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 13/14 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 12/14 | 40% | 6/15 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Pliskova 2, Kenin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pliskova
🤖 Servebot
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Karolina Pliskova.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Sep 13, 2019
Zhengzhou
H Hard · Quarterfinals
May 16, 2019
Rome
C Clay · Round of 16
Aug 29, 2018
US Open
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 30, 2016
US Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Pliskova | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Karolina Pliskova | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 5/5 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 40% | 2/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–3 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.73 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | -35.6% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.78u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | — | POR → ROU → CZE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Pliskova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Kenin's 0%).
| Opponent | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Anisimova | W | L 26 64 67 |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | W 61 63 | L 67 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Hanne Vandewinkel
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Sara Bejlek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Mirra Andreeva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Oleksandra Oliynykova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Iga Swiatek
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Tereza Valentova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Marie Bouzkova
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · Semifinals
Jun 20
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 32–37 matches
| Metric | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 27% |
| Sets won | 57% | 35% |
| Games won | 49% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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