Madison Keys and Maria Sakkari will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4 pm (est) on the Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Madison Keys who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Madison Keys is the pick to win this match.
Madison Keys -> 1.36
Maria Sakkari -> 3.20
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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Maria Sakkari
There is no head to head record between Madison Keys and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Madison Keys
Ranked no. 11, the American got to the 3rd round after defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-1 and Arantxa Rus 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Madison had a good straight sets win against Rus (7-63 6-2). During the match Keys and Rus scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 11 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Keys couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Madison Keys 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
The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
Keys has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (806-416). 6-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Keys has a 232-129 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Brisbane.
Madison has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Madison lost in the 4th round 6-2 1-6 6-1 to Elina Svitolina.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 23, Sakkari got to the 3rd round after beating Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-2 and Nao Hibino 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Hibino (7-64 6-4). During the match Sakkari scored 86 points vs Hibino’s 77. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari blasted 9 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 67% of her first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Hibino 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 53% of her matches (439-388). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 122-106 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Sakkari has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Greek lost in the 3rd round 7-5 6-1 to Ashleigh Barty.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Keys | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 39 |
| Pts | 62-39 | 145-112 |
| Total Points | 101 | 257 |
| Winners | 24 | 58 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Keys and Sakkari played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Keys and Sakkari have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Keys played 2 games less than Sakkari. Keys scored 24 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Maria blasted 58 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Keys | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 81/127 |
| %1st in | 73% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 58/81 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 25/46 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Keys blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Sakkari blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Keys won 63% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 72% points behind 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 | Keys | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 60% | 41% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Keys broke her opponents 6 times with 60% conversion rate. Keys conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponents 7 times with 41% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Keys | ||||
| R1 Kasatkina |
R2 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| pts | 62-39 | – | 62-39 | |
| Total points | 101 | 0 | 101 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | NAN% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 38/52 | / | 38/52 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | NAN% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | / | 24/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | NAN% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | / | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | NAN% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 6/10 | / | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | NAN% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 0% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Gasparyan |
R2 Hibino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 86-77 | 145-112 | |
| Total points | 94 | 163 | 257 | |
| Winners | 22 | 36 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 57/85 | 81/127 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 36/57 | 58/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 63% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 15/28 | 25/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/7 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 43% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 20% | 10% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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