Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sakkari will play each other in the 3rd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Garbine Muguruza who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Garbine Muguruza is the pick to win this match.
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.8
Maria Sakkari -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Maria Sakkari
There is no head to head record between Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 15, Garbine reached the 3rd round after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-4 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Muguruza had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (6-1 6-4). During the match Muguruza scored 64 points vs Sasnovich’s 48. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muguruza struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 66% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Sasnovich 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Garbine hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Muguruza has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (308-167). 2-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muguruza has a 177-93 record in the last years on hard.
Garbine has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
The Spaniard didn’t play in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 22, the Greek got to the 3rd round after defeating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-2 and Cori Gauff 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sakkari had a good straight sets win against Gauff (7-5 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 73 points vs Gauff’s 59. The Greek was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari recorded 4 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 52% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Gauff 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Maria has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muguruza | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 38 |
| Pts | 134-109 | 144-114 |
| Total Points | 243 | 258 |
| Winners | 53 | 49 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Muguruza and Sakkari played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Muguruza and Sakkari have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Muguruza played 3 games less than Sakkari. The Spaniard scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek fired 49 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muguruza | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 79/120 | 64/122 |
| %1st in | 66% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 53/79 | 49/64 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 30/58 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 52% |
Muguruza scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Sakkari scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Muguruza won 67% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muguruza | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 46% | 43% |
| Conceded | 17 | 13 |
| Saved | 12 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Garbine broke her opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Muguruza surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Maria broke her opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muguruza | ||||
| R1 Mladenovic |
R2 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 64-48 | 134-109 | |
| Total points | 131 | 112 | 243 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/70 | 33/50 | 79/120 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 23/33 | 53/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 5/17 | 16/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 29% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/15 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 4/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 57% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Potapova |
R2 Gauff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 38 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 73-59 | 144-114 | |
| Total points | 126 | 132 | 258 | |
| Winners | 27 | 22 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 34/66 | 64/122 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 22/34 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 65% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 17/32 | 30/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/13 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 46% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWWLWWLLL Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Hayley Carter/Luisa StefaniCarter/Luisa Stefani – Daria Kasatkina/Anett KontaveitKasatkina/Anett Kontaveit (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-3 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Heather WatsonWatson (7-5 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (w/o) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Bernarda PeraPera (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Bianca TuratiTurati (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (5-7 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sofia KeninKenin – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
