Maria Sakkari and Nao Hibino will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6 pm (est) on Court 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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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 -> 1.28
Nao Hibino -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Nao Hibino
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 23, the Greek got to the 2nd round after beating Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Gasparyan (6-2 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 59 points vs Gasparyan’s 35. Sakkari was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Maria Sakkari was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (22/24) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maria broke Gasparyan 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Sakkari has a weak record in the last 7 years having won 47% of her matches (430-388). 2-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 121-106 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Maria has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Sakkari lost in the 3rd round 7-5 6-1 to Ashleigh Barty.
Nao Hibino
Ranked no. 103, Nao got to the 2nd round after defeating En Shuo Liang 6-1 4-6 6-3, Yue Yuan 3-6 6-1 6-1, Lara Arruabarrena 6-1 6-2 and Shuai Peng 4-6 7-66 6-3.
In the 1st round against Peng, Nao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-3). During the match Hibino scored 103 points vs Peng’s 96. Hibino was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibino blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 66% of her first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Peng 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Hibino has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (544-486). 5-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hibino has a 97-101 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Hibino has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Nao lost in the qualifications 6-2 6-4 to Antonia Lottner.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 96 |
| Pts | 59-35 | 339-271 |
| Total Points | 94 | 610 |
| Winners | 22 | 141 |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% |
Sakkari played 1 match while Hibino competed in 4 matches. Hibino started her run from the qualifications while Sakkari had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nao Hibino conceded 3 sets while Maria Sakkari hasn’t lost a set so far. Sakkari has played 9 sets less than Hibino (2 vs 11). Therefore, Sakkari played 80 games less than Hibino. Maria scored 22 winners (37% on total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 141 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 199/289 |
| %1st in | 57% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 141/199 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 42/90 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Sakkari blasted 1 ace (1 per match). Hibino also blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Sakkari won 92% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 23 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 23/49 |
| % Converted | 40% | 47% |
| Conceded | 0 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 11 |
The Greek broke her opponent 4 times with 40% conversion rate. Maria was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Japanese broke her opponents 23 times with 47% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Gasparyan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 24/42 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hibino | ||||||
| Q1 Shuo |
Q2 Yuan |
Q3 Arruabarrena-Vecino |
R1 Peng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 4-6 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 15 | 32 | 96 | |
| pts | 97-77 | 83-67 | 56-31 | 103-96 | 339-271 | |
| Total points | 174 | 150 | 87 | 199 | 610 | |
| Winners | 40 | 34 | 21 | 46 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 38% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/83 | 52/69 | 29/39 | 65/98 | 199/289 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 75% | 74% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 34/52 | 21/29 | 46/65 | 141/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 65% | 72% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/30 | 10/17 | 6/10 | 16/33 | 42/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 59% | 60% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 6/14 | 6/11 | 4/11 | 23/49 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 43% | 55% | 36% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | |
| Saved | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 33% | 67% | 190% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
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