Belinda Bencic and Maria Sakkari will face off in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on SIBUR ARENA. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.61
Maria Sakkari -> 2.30
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Maria Sakkari
There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sakkari won 6-3 6-4 in the R in Perth back in 2019.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 5 (career high), Bencic got to the R after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Bencic had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsova (7-64 6-4). During the match Bencic scored 78 points vs Kuznetsova’s 75. Bencic was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Bencic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 55% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Kuznetsova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Bencic has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 38% of her matches (166-100). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has a 207-126 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Bencic lost in the qualifications 6-4 6-3 to Veronika Kudermetova.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 21 (career high), Sakkari reached the R after defeating Vitalia Diatchenko 3-6 6-4 7-63 and Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Cornet (6-2 6-4). During the match Sakkari scored 68 points vs Cornet’s 53. Maria was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 63% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Cornet 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a negative record in the last 7 years having won 47% of her matches (34-38). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 125-107 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Greek has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Maria lost in the 1st round 6-2 7-5 to Julia Goerges.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 50 |
| Pts | 78-75 | 176-160 |
| Total Points | 153 | 336 |
| Winners | 26 | 60 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Bencic played 1 match while Sakkari competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Maria Sakkari conceded 1 set while Belinda Bencic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bencic has played 3 sets less than Sakkari (2 vs 5). Therefore, Bencic played 27 games less than Sakkari. Belinda scored 26 winners (33% on total points). On the other side, Maria blasted 60 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 38/69 | 99/165 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 60/99 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 29/66 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 44% |
Bencic blasted 2 aces . Sakkari blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Bencic won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 61% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 27 |
| Saved | 3 | 17 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
The Swiss broke her opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponents 13 times with 57% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | |||
| R2 Kuznetsova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-75 | 78-75 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/69 | 38/69 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Diatchenko |
R2 Cornet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-63 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 50 | |
| pts | 108-107 | 68-53 | 176-160 | |
| Total points | 215 | 121 | 336 | |
| Winners | 31 | 29 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 43% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 57/98 | 42/67 | 99/165 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/57 | 29/42 | 60/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 69% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 12/25 | 29/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 48% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/7 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 71% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
| Saved | 9/17 | 8/10 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 80% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 | 400 | |
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