Maria Sakkari and Amanda Anisimova will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11 am on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Amanda Anisimova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Amanda Anisimova is the pick to win this match.
Amanda Anisimova -> 1.81
Maria Sakkari -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Amanda Anisimova
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Amanda Anisimova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 22, Sakkari got to the 3rd round after defeating Stefanie Voegele 6-3 3-6 7-5 and Bernarda Pera 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Pera, Maria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 84 points vs Pera’s 78. Maria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 59% of her first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Pera 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakkari has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of her matches (310-209). 11-6 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has a 143-102 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Maria’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in St. Petersburg.
Sakkari has a 14-8 win-loss record in 2020, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Maria surrendered in the Pre-q to .
Amanda Anisimova
Ranked no. 28, Anisimova got to the 3rd round after defeating Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 7-5 and Katrina Scott 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Scott, Anisimova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Anisimova scored 97 points vs Scott’s 90. The American was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Anisimova scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Amanda Anisimova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Anisimova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 63% (46/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Anisimova broke Scott 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Amanda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Anisimova’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Auckland.
Amanda has a 8-4 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Anisimova didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Anisimova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 51 |
| Pts | 181-165 | 181-153 |
| Total Points | 346 | 334 |
| Winners | 79 | 71 |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% |
Both Sakkari and Anisimova played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Sakkari conceded 2 sets, while Amanda Anisimova dropper 1 set. Sakkari has played 1 set more than Anisimova (6 vs 5). Therefore, Sakkari played 4 games more than Anisimova. Sakkari scored 79 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Anisimova struck 71 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Anisimova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 111/180 | 109/160 |
| %1st in | 62% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 79/111 | 71/109 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 36/69 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Sakkari bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Anisimova recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Sakkari won 71% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Anisimova won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Anisimova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 11/19 |
| % Converted | 64% | 58% |
| Conceded | 18 | 13 |
| Saved | 13 | 7 |
| % Saved | 72% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Sakkari broke her opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Sakkari dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded. Anisimova broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Amanda conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Voegele |
R2 Pera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 25 | 55 | |
| pts | 97-87 | 84-78 | 181-165 | |
| Total points | 184 | 162 | 346 | |
| Winners | 41 | 38 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 51/87 | 111/180 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 38/51 | 79/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 17/36 | 36/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/6 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 8/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 80% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Anisimova | ||||
| R1 Tomova |
R2 Scott |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 27 | 51 | |
| pts | 84-63 | 97-90 | 181-153 | |
| Total points | 147 | 187 | 334 | |
| Winners | 25 | 46 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 73/95 | 109/160 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 77% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 46/73 | 71/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 13/22 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 75% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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