Donna Vekic and Maria Sakkari will square off in the 2nd round of Adelaide International for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT.
Donna Vekic: results and record
Ranked no. 20, Vekic got to the 2nd round after defeating Anastasija Sevastova 4-6 6-1 6-3.
Previous match vs. Anastasija Sevastova
In the 1st round against Sevastova, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Vekic scored 95 points vs. Sevastova’s 80. Donna was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Donna Vekic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 53% of her first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Donna broke Sevastova 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Vekic winning performance
Vekic has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (625-559). 1-1 on hard in 2020 Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vekic has a 189-167 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Croatian has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Adelaide
The Croatian didn’t play in Adelaide in 2019.
Maria Sakkari: results and record
Ranked no. 23, the Greek got to the 2nd round after defeating Vitalia Diatchenko 7-5 6-2.
Previous match vs. Vitalia Diatchenko
In the 1st round, Sakkari had a good straight sets win against Diatchenko (7-5 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 75 points vs. Diatchenko’s 52. Sakkari was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari blasted 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Maria broke Diatchenko 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Sakkari winning performance
Sakkari has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 53% of her matches (421-379). 1-1 on hard in 2020 In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has a 120-105 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Greek has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Adelaide
Sakkari didn’t play in Adelaide in 2019.
Adelaide International Live score and result Donna Vekic vs. Maria Sakkari
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Vekic vs Sakkari – Tournament Performance
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 95-80 | 75-52 |
| Total Points | 175 | 127 |
| Winners | 29 | 28 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Both Vekic and Sakkari played 1 matche. At the moment, Donna Vekic dropped 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vekic has played 1 sets more than Sakkari (3 vs 2). Therefore, Vekic played 6 games more than Sakkari. Vekic scored 29 winners (31% on total points). On the other side, Sakkari blasted 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 44/83 | 37/54 |
| %1st in | 53% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 28/37 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 65% |
Vekic blasted 3 aces (3 per match). Sakkari blasted 5 aces (5 per match). Vekic won 66% points behind her first serve. Unfortunately, she was [struggling a bit too much on] her second serve to win only 51% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 76% points behind her first serve. Unfortunately, she [was struggling a bit too much on] her second serve to win only 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 54% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Vekic broke her opponent 7 times with 54% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponent 4 times with 29% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
Draw
| Vekic | |||
| R1 Sevastova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 95-80 | 95-80 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/83 | 44/83 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Diatchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-52 | 75-52 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 5th time that Donna Vekic and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.72
Maria Sakkari -> 2.00
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