Aryna Sabalenka and Maria Sakkari will play each other in the 3rd round of the Qatar Total Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.44
Maria Sakkari -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2020.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Aryna Sabalenka – Dubai 18-February-2020

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 13, the Belarussian reached the 1st round after beating Anett Kontaveit 7-5 2-6 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Sabalenka defeated Kontaveit (7-5 2-6 7-5). During the match Sabalenka scored 103 points vs Kontaveit’s 100. Aryna was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Sabalenka blasted 9 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 65% of her first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Aryna broke Kontaveit 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Sabalenka has a negative win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 31% of her matches (284-126). 7-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sabalenka has a 120-69 record in the last 5 years on hard.

The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Adelaide.

The Belarussian has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Doha

Sabalenka didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 20 (career high), Sakkari reached the 1st round after defeating Julia Goerges 6-4 6-3 and Tereza Martincova 3-6 7-65 6-0.

In the 2nd round against Martincova, Sakkari recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-0). During the match Sakkari scored 103 points vs Martincova’s 94. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakkari blasted 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 74% of her first serves in, winning 63% (44/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Martincova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sakkari has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Sakkari has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 54% of her matches (486-419). 6-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 150-121 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Greek’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in St. Petersburg.

Maria has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Last year in Doha

The Greek didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sabalenka Sakkari
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 32 47
Pts 103-100 174-151
Total Points 203 325
Winners 37 66
%Winners 36% 38%

Sabalenka played 1 match while Sakkari competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka conceded 1 set, while Maria Sakkari dropper 1 set. Sabalenka has played 2 sets less than Sakkari (3 vs 5). Therefore, Sabalenka played 15 games less than Sakkari. Aryna scored 37 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, Sakkari blasted 66 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sabalenka Sakkari
Aces 9 10
Avg per match 9 5
1st in 60/92 103/140
%1st in 65% 74%
1st pts 37/60 66/103
%1st pts 62% 64%
2nd pts 17/32 20/37
%2nd pts 53% 54%

Sabalenka blasted 9 aces . Sakkari blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Sabalenka won 62% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 64% 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 Sabalenka Sakkari
Won 6 11
Converted 6/11 11/21
% Converted 55% 52%
Conceded 9 13
Saved 3 7
% Saved 33% 54%
Times Broken 6 6

Sabalenka broke her opponent 6 times with 55% conversion rate. Sabalenka conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 11 times with 52% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
R2
Kontaveit		 Total
Score 7-5 2-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 103-100 103-100
Total points 203 203
Winners 37 37
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 60/92 60/92
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 37/60 37/60
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 17/32 17/32
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 3/9 3
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 6 500
Sakkari
R1
Goerges		 R2
Martincova		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-65 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 28 47
pts 71-57 103-94 174-151
Total points 128 197 325
Winners 22 44 66
%Winners 31% 43% 38%
SERVE
Aces 7 3 10
Double Faults 0 6 6
1st in 33/46 70/94 103/140
% 1st in 72% 74% 74%
1st pts 22/33 44/70 66/103
% 1st pts 67% 63% 64%
2nd pts 9/13 11/24 20/37
% 2nd pts 69% 46% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/12 6/9 11/21
Converted % 42% 67% 52%
Conceded 3 10 13
Saved 1/3 6/10 7
Saved % 33% 60% 93%
Times Broken 2 4 200

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