Maria Sakkari and Anett Kontaveit will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Grampians Trophy for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11 am on Court 3. Here 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.72
Anett Kontaveit -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 8th time that Maria Sakkari and Anett Kontaveit clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sakkari won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2019.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 22, Sakkari got to the 2nd round after beating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-2 6-2 and Angelique Kerber 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Kerber (6-4 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 67 points vs Kerber’s 49. Sakkari was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari fired 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 52% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Kerber 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (320-212). 6-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a 148-103 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Maria’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
The Greek has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Greek had to surrender in the 4th round to Petra Kvitova.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 23, Kontaveit got to the 2nd round after defeating Christina Mchale 6-1 6-3, Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5 7-5 and Victoria Azarenka w/o.
In the quarter, Anett defeated Azarenka (w/o). During the match Kontaveit and Azarenka scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 22 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Anett Kontaveit conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anett hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Anett has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Estonian lost in the quarter to Simona Halep.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 40 |
| Pts | 131-95 | 161-134 |
| Total Points | 226 | 295 |
| Winners | 45 | 61 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Sakkari and Kontaveit played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Kontaveit have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Sakkari played 6 games less than Kontaveit. The Greek scored 45 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kontaveit fired 61 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 68/122 | 90/143 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 45/68 | 61/90 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 25/54 | 28/53 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 53% |
Sakkari struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kontaveit bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Sakkari won 66% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/16 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 75% | 47% |
| Conceded | 15 | 12 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Maria broke her opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sakkari surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Kontaveit broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Kontaveit conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | ||||
| R2 Annie |
1/4 Kerber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 67-49 | 131-95 | |
| Total points | 110 | 116 | 226 | |
| Winners | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 33/64 | 68/122 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 23/33 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 70% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 16/31 | 25/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 52% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/6 | 12/16 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 83% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 75% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Kontaveit | |||||
| R1 Mchale |
R2 Mattek-Sands |
1/4 Azarenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 | 0 | 40 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 88-76 | – | 161-134 | |
| Total points | 131 | 164 | 0 | 295 | |
| Winners | 30 | 31 | 61 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | NAN% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1st in | 46/71 | 44/72 | / | 90/143 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 61% | – | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 31/44 | / | 61/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | – | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 16/28 | / | 28/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | – | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | / | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | – | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/6 | 0/ | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | – | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Angelique KerberKerber (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (w/o) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
