Karolina Pliskova vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova
#56 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 8–2
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#110 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Karolina 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 | 63% | 12/19 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 4/12 | 38% | 9/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 11/31 | 42% | 15/36 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 35% | 6/17 | 33% | 3/9 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 52% | 14/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 78% | 7/9 | 50% | 5/10 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 14/16 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 75% | 12/16 | 43% | 6/14 |
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 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 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% | 11/11 | 67% | 4/6 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 7/11 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 5 or more | 9% | 1/11 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/6 |
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 | 6–5 | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.13 | 3.27 |
| ROI % | -13.6% | -32.7% |
| Units P/L | -1.50u | -2.94u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 2 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | POL |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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 (75% vs Kenin's 50%).
| Opponent | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Mccartney Kessler | W 67 63 64 | L 16 06 |
| Laura Siegemund | W 61 64 | W 26 63 75 |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | W 61 63 | L 67 36 |
| Anastasia Zakharova | L 64 26 26 | W 36 76 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Talia Gibson
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · Quarterfinals
Jun 19
Caty Mcnally
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · 2nd Round
Jun 18
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Emma Navarro
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
Amanda Anisimova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Petra Marcinko
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Daria Snigur
Eastbourne
Jun 20
Viktorija Golubic
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · 1st Round
Jun 16
Viktorija Golubic
Nottingham
Jun 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 31–36 matches
| Metric | Pliskova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 33% |
| Sets won | 58% | 38% |
| Games won | 50% | 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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