Maria Sakkari and Elena Rybakina will face off in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 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 Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.66
Maria Sakkari -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 21 (career high), Maria reached the semifinal after defeating Vitalia Diatchenko 3-6 6-4 7-63, Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4 and Belinda Bencic 2-6 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter against Bencic, Maria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Sakkari and Bencic scored the same amount of points (90). However, the world no. 21 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Bencic 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 47% of her matches (43-38). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a 126-107 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Greek has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Maria surrendered in the 1st round 6-2 7-5 to Julia Goerges.
Elena Rybakina
Ranked no. 25 (career high), Rybakina got to the semifinal after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-4, Fiona Ferro 6-3 6-4 and Oceane Dodin 6-75 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter against Dodin, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-5 6-2). During the match Rybakina scored 118 points vs Dodin’s 105. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina blasted 15 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elena Rybakina was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (42/56) of her 1st serve and 55% (29/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Dodin 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Rybakina has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 80% of her matches (127-31). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has a 99-43 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was managing to win the title in Hobart where she beat Shuai Zhang in the final 7-6(7) 6-3.
Rybakina has a 14-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Elena didn’t compete in St. Petersburg in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 71 |
| Pts | 266-250 | 250-206 |
| Total Points | 516 | 456 |
| Winners | 97 | 94 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Sakkari and Rybakina played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Sakkari conceded 2 sets, while Elena Rybakina dropper 1 set. Sakkari has played 1 sets more than Rybakina (8 vs 7). Therefore, Sakkari played 6 games more than Rybakina. Maria scored 97 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, Rybakina blasted 94 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 154/259 | 126/222 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 97/154 | 94/126 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 47/105 | 55/96 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 57% |
Sakkari blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Rybakina blasted 26 aces (8.7 per match). Sakkari won 63% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 75% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 12 |
| Converted | 17/33 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 52% | 41% |
| Conceded | 34 | 17 |
| Saved | 20 | 12 |
| % Saved | 59% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 14 | 5 |
Sakkari broke her opponents 17 times with 52% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. Rybakina broke her opponents 12 times with 41% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||||
| R1 Diatchenko |
R2 Cornet |
1/4 Bencic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-63 | 6-2 6-4 | 2-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 27 | 77 | |
| pts | 108-107 | 68-53 | 90-90 | 266-250 | |
| Total points | 215 | 121 | 180 | 516 | |
| Winners | 31 | 29 | 37 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 43% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 57/98 | 42/67 | 55/94 | 154/259 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/57 | 29/42 | 37/55 | 97/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 69% | 67% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 12/25 | 18/39 | 47/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 48% | 46% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/7 | 4/10 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 71% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 10 | 7 | 34 | |
| Saved | 9/17 | 8/10 | 3/7 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 80% | 43% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 | 4 | 367 | |
| Rybakina | |||||
| R1 Siniakova |
R2 Ferro |
1/4 Dodin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-75 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 33 | 71 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 64-44 | 118-105 | 250-206 | |
| Total points | 125 | 108 | 223 | 456 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 42 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 30/47 | 56/109 | 126/222 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 51% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 24/30 | 42/56 | 94/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 80% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 11/17 | 29/53 | 55/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 65% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 | 5/14 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/3 | 6/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 33% | 75% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 67 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLWLLWWW Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Belinda BencicBencic (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kiki BertensBertens – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (w/o) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Oceane DodinDodin (6-75 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details
