Petra Kvitova and Maria Sakkari will play each other in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12 pm (NB) on the Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.40
Maria Sakkari -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 4th time that Petra Kvitova and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sakkari won 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Maria Sakkari – Cincinnati 13-August-2019
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 8, Kvitova got to the 2nd round after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1 6-0, Paula Badosa Gibert 7-5 7-5 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 6-2.
In the 3rd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (6-1 6-2). During the match Kvitova scored 61 points vs Alexandrova’s 35. Kvitova was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Kvitova blasted 4 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Petra Kvitova was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) 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. The Czech broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Kvitova has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (1034-445). 6-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kvitova has a 363-145 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Brisbane.
The Czech has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Petra lost in the final 7-62 5-7 6-4 to Naomi Osaka.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 23, Maria got to the 2nd round after beating Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-2, Nao Hibino 7-64 6-4 and Madison Keys 6-4 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Keys (6-4 6-4). During the match Sakkari scored 66 points vs Keys’s 57. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 57% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Keys 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakkari 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 54% of her matches (448-388). 4-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 123-106 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Sakkari has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Sakkari had to bow 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 | Kvitova | Sakkari |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
Tot Games | 52 | 59 |
Pts | 198-132 | 211-169 |
Total Points | 330 | 380 |
Winners | 80 | 80 |
%Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Kvitova and Sakkari played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kvitova and Sakkari have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Kvitova played 7 games less than Sakkari. The Czech scored 80 winners (40% on total points). On the other side, Maria blasted 80 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kvitova | Sakkari |
---|---|---|
Aces | 18 | 10 |
Avg per match | 6 | 3.3 |
1st in | 104/154 | 115/187 |
%1st in | 68% | 61% |
1st pts | 80/104 | 80/115 |
%1st pts | 77% | 70% |
2nd pts | 28/50 | 42/72 |
%2nd pts | 56% | 58% |
Kvitova blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Sakkari blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Kvitova won 77% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 70% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kvitova | Sakkari |
---|---|---|
Won | 14 | 11 |
Converted | 14/24 | 11/27 |
% Converted | 58% | 41% |
Conceded | 9 | 15 |
Saved | 7 | 11 |
% Saved | 78% | 73% |
Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Petra broke her opponents 14 times with 58% conversion rate. Kvitova conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponents 11 times with 41% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.
Kvitova | |||||
R1 Siniakova |
R2 Badosa |
R3 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 15 | 52 | |
pts | 55-25 | 82-72 | 61-35 | 198-132 | |
Total points | 80 | 154 | 96 | 330 | |
Winners | 21 | 33 | 26 | 80 | |
%Winners | 38% | 40% | 43% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
1st in | 27/33 | 46/72 | 31/49 | 104/154 | |
% 1st in | 82% | 64% | 63% | 68% | |
1st pts | 21/27 | 33/46 | 26/31 | 80/104 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 84% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 5/6 | 13/26 | 10/18 | 28/50 | |
% 2nd pts | 83% | 50% | 56% | 56% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
Converted | 6/9 | 4/9 | 4/6 | 14/24 | |
Converted % | 67% | 44% | 67% | 58% | |
Conceded | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
Saved | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
Saved % | 0% | 29% | 0% | 10% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Sakkari | |||||
R1 Gasparyan |
R2 Hibino |
R3 Keys |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 20 | 59 | |
pts | 59-35 | 86-77 | 66-57 | 211-169 | |
Total points | 94 | 163 | 123 | 380 | |
Winners | 22 | 36 | 22 | 80 | |
%Winners | 37% | 42% | 33% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
1st in | 24/42 | 57/85 | 34/60 | 115/187 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 67% | 57% | 61% | |
1st pts | 22/24 | 36/57 | 22/34 | 80/115 | |
% 1st pts | 92% | 63% | 65% | 70% | |
2nd pts | 10/18 | 15/28 | 17/26 | 42/72 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 54% | 65% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 3/7 | 4/10 | 11/27 | |
Converted % | 40% | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
Conceded | 0 | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
Saved | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
Saved % | 0% | 20% | 40% | 20% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Belinda BencicBencic (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (6-1 6-75 6-0) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Shuai ZhangZhang (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Qiang WangWang – Serena WilliamsWilliams (6-4 6-72 7-5) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (7-5 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Belinda BencicBencic (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Donna VekicVekic (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (6-1 6-7(5) 6-0) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
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- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Alison RiskeRiske (0-2) – See H2H details
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Petra KvitovaKvitova (2-1) – See H2H details
- Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Qiang WangWang (0-2) – See H2H details
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-0) – See H2H details
- Elise MertensMertens – Simona HalepHalep (1-2) – See H2H details
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