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How Ash Barty and Karolina Pliskova match up ahead of their Wimbledon women's final on Saturday night, starting at 11pm AEST.
HOW ASH BARTY AND KAROLINA PLISKOVA MATCH UP AHEAD OF THEIR WOMEN'S WIMBLEDON FINAL ON SATURDAY NIGHT, FROM 11PM AEST:
1-ASH BARTY (AUS) leads 8-KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE) 5-2
2021 Stuttgart, clay, QF, Barty 2-6 6-1 7-5
2019 WTA Tour Finals, Shenzhen, indoor hard, SF, Barty 4-6 6-2 6-3
2019 Miami, hard, F, Barty 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
2018 US Open, hard, R16, Pliskova 6-4 6-4
2017 Wuhan, hard, QF, Barty 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 (7-2)
2016 Nottingham, grass, QF, Pliskova 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 (9-7)
2012 Nottingham, grass, QF, Barty 2-6 6-3 7-6 (8-6)
ASH BARTY
Age: 25
Born: Ipswich, Australia
Lives: Brisbane, Australia
Height: 166cm
Ranking: 1
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US18,798,304
Career titles: 11
Career win-loss record: 286-100
Grand slam titles: 1 (French Open 2019)
Grand slam win-loss record: 47-23
2021 titles: 3
2021 win-loss record: 34-6
Wimbledon win-loss record: 11-4
Best Wimbledon result: finalist 2021
Coach: Craig Tyzzer
Road to final:
1st rd: bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 6-1 6-7 (1-7) 6-1
2nd rd: bt Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-4 6-3
3rd rd: bt Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-3 7-5
4th rd: bt 14-Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 7-5 6-3
QF: bt Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-1 6-3
SF: bt 25-Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-3 7-6 (7-3)
KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE)
Age: 29
Born: Louny, Czech Republic
Lives: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 186cm
Ranking: 13
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US20,973,860
Career titles: 16
Career win-loss record: 562-309
Grand slam titles: 0
Grand slam win-loss record: 72-35
2021 titles: 0
2021 win-loss record: 21-12
Wimbledon win-loss record: 17-8
Best Wimbledon result: finalist 2021
Coach: Sascha Bajin
Road to final:
1st rd: bt Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 7-5 6-4
2nd rd: bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-2 6-2
3rd rd: bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-3 6-3
4th rd: bt Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 6-2 6-3
QF: bt Viktorija Golobic (SWI) 6-2 6-2
SF: bt 2-Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5-7 6-4 6-4.
