Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.56
Cori Gauff -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Cori Gauff
This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Cori Gauff – Abu Dhabi 09-January-2021
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 19 (career high), Sakkari got to the 2nd round after defeating Polona Hercog 7-66 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Greek defeated Hercog (7-66 3-6 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 115 points vs Hercog’s 113. The Greek was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari struck 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 53% of her first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Hercog 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).
Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (330-219). 4-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 145-83 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Maria’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne and Miami.
Sakkari has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Cori Gauff
Ranked no. 35 (career high), Cori got to the 2nd round after beating Yulia Putintseva 7-5 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gauff defeated Putintseva (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match Gauff scored 110 points vs Putintseva’s 101. Gauff was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Gauff fired 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 7 times and she saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 63% of her first serves in, winning 54% (36/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Putintseva 8 times after converting 42% of her break points (8/19).
Gauff’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Cori has a 15-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sakkari | Gauff |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 30 | 32 |
Pts | 115-113 | 110-101 |
Total Points | 228 | 211 |
Winners | 37 | 36 |
%Winners | 32% | 33% |
Both Sakkari and Gauff played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Sakkari lost 1 set, while Cori Gauff conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Gauff have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sakkari played 2 games less than Gauff. Sakkari scored 37 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Gauff scored 36 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sakkari | Gauff |
---|---|---|
Aces | 4 | 4 |
Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
1st in | 59/112 | 67/106 |
%1st in | 53% | 63% |
1st pts | 37/59 | 36/67 |
%1st pts | 63% | 54% |
2nd pts | 27/53 | 21/39 |
%2nd pts | 51% | 54% |
Sakkari scored 4 aces . Gauff made 4 aces . Sakkari won 63% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 54% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sakkari | Gauff |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 8 |
Converted | 4/15 | 8/19 |
% Converted | 27% | 42% |
Conceded | 10 | 23 |
Saved | 6 | 16 |
% Saved | 60% | 70% |
Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Sakkari broke her opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Sakkari dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Gauff broke her opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
Sakkari | |||
R1 Hercog |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-66 3-6 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 115-113 | 115-113 | |
Total points | 228 | 228 | |
Winners | 37 | 37 | |
%Winners | 32% | 32% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 59/112 | 59/112 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
2nd pts | 27/53 | 27/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Gauff | |||
R1 Putintseva |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
pts | 110-101 | 110-101 | |
Total points | 211 | 211 | |
Winners | 36 | 36 | |
%Winners | 33% | 33% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 67/106 | 67/106 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 36/67 | 36/67 | |
% 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
2nd pts | 21/39 | 21/39 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 8 | 8 | |
Converted | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
Conceded | 23 | 23 | |
Saved | 16/23 | 16 | |
Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-6 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Saisai ZhengZheng (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Sloane StephensStephens (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (7-64 6-77 7-5) – See score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Shelby RogersRogers (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Magda LinetteLinette (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Qiang WangWang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Polona HercogHercog (7-66 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
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