H2H. Maria Sakkari vs Vitalia Diatchenko | St. Petersburg prediction, odds, preview, pick

St. Petersburg. Sakkari and Diatchenko will square off in 1st round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Vitalia Diatchenko

Maria Sakkari and Vitalia Diatchenko will square off in the 1st round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:00 pm on SIBUR ARENA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.44
Vitalia Diatchenko -> 2.62

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Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 21 (career high), the Greek will start her run in St. Petersburg after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 to Kvitova in the 4th round the 26th of January.

Sakkari has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

Talking about her overall career, Sakkari has an overall 123-107 record. She has negative 2-5 record on indoor hard courts.

Last year in St. Petersburg

The Greek had to surrender in the 1st round 6-2 7-5 to Julia Goerges.

Vitalia Diatchenko

Ranked no. 89, Diatchenko reached the 1st round after defeating Daria Mishina 6-78 7-5 6-3 and Natalia Vikhlyantseva 7-63 6-4.

In the qualifications, Vitalia had a good straight sets win against Vikhlyantseva (7-63 6-4). During the match Diatchenko scored 68 points vs Vikhlyantseva’s 58. Vitalia was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Diatchenko blasted 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Vitalia Diatchenko lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Diatchenko put 64% of her first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Diatchenko was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Vikhlyantseva 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Diatchenko has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (69-56). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Diatchenko has a 53-57 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

Vitalia has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in St. Petersburg

The Russian lost in the qualifications 6-2 2-6 6-3 to Andrea Petkovic.

Head 2 Head

Maria Sakkari
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 1ITF
  • 6Minor
Vitalia Diatchenko
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 22ITF
  • 2Minor

Maria
Sakkari

3:0

Vitalia
Diatchenko

Rank

32

High

3

2Hard0

1I.hard0

Rank

616

High

71

Win Loss
Sakkari
LLWWLWWLLL
Diatchenko
LWLWWWWWLW
2024 2023 2022
25 - 16
23 - 13
12-7
Hard
10-6
0-0
I Hard
9-3
11-6
Clay
0-0
2-3
Grass
0-3
0-0
Carpet
4-1

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Sakkari
Maria Sakkari
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Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko