Maria Sakkari and Bernarda Pera will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11 am on Court 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.4
Bernarda Pera -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Bernarda Pera
This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Bernarda Pera face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 22, Maria reached the 2nd round after beating Stefanie Voegele 6-3 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Greek defeated Voegele (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match Sakkari scored 97 points vs Voegele’s 87. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari struck 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Voegele 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Sakkari has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 43% of her matches (677-503). 10-6 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a 309-209 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Sakkari’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in St. Petersburg.
Sakkari has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2020, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Maria lost in the 3rd round 7-5 6-3 to Ashleigh Barty.
Bernarda Pera
Ranked no. 61, Pera got to the 2nd round after beating Zarina Diyas 7-64 6-0.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Diyas (7-64 6-0). During the match Pera scored 93 points vs Diyas’s 78. Bernarda was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Pera struck 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Bernarda Pera lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pera put 67% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 28% (8/29) on the 2nd serve. Pera broke Diyas 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Pera has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 51% of her matches (164-157). 9-7 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pera has a 148-94 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The American has a 9-7 win-loss record in 2020, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Pera lost in the 1st round 6-3 5-7 6-4 to Mariam Bolkvadze.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Pera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 |
| Pts | 97-87 | 93-78 |
| Total Points | 184 | 171 |
| Winners | 41 | 39 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Sakkari and Pera played 1 match. At the moment, Maria Sakkari surrendered 1 set while Bernarda Pera hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sakkari has played 1 set more than Pera (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sakkari played 11 games more than Pera. The Greek scored 41 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Pera fired 39 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Pera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 59/88 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 39/59 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 8/29 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 28% |
Sakkari struck 6 aces . Pera fired 3 aces . Sakkari won 68% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Pera won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 28% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Pera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 80% | 47% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 63% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Greek broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sakkari lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Bernarda broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Voegele |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-87 | 97-87 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 60/93 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Pera | |||
| R1 Diyas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 93-78 | 93-78 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 59/88 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/59 | 39/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/29 | 8/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 28% | 28% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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