Maria Sakkari and Ons Jabeur will face off in the quarter of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.89
Ons Jabeur -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Ons Jabeur

This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Ons Jabeur square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 23, Maria reached the quarter after defeating Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 6-3 and Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Svitolina (6-3 6-3). During the match Sakkari scored 65 points vs Svitolina’s 46. The Greek was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sakkari made 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 57% of her first serves in, winning 83% (24/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Svitolina 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maria hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Sakkari has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of her matches (315-211). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has a 8-8 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Maria’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in St. Petersburg.

Sakkari has a 19-10 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Ostrava

Maria didn’t compete in Ostrava in 2019.

Ons Jabeur

Ranked no. 32, Ons got to the quarter after defeating Barbora Strycova 6-2 6-2 and Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Jabeur had a good straight sets win against Ostapenko (6-4 6-4). During the match Jabeur scored 74 points vs Ostapenko’s 57. The Tunisian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Jabeur blasted 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ons Jabeur lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jabeur put 50% of her first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Tunisian broke Ostapenko 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Tunisian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Ons has a 23-10 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Ostrava

The Tunisian didn’t play in Ostrava in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakkari Jabeur
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 36 36
Pts 138-96 136-98
Total Points 234 234
Winners 47 39
%Winners 34% 29%

Both Sakkari and Jabeur played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Jabeur have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (36). Sakkari scored 47 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Jabeur struck 39 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakkari Jabeur
Aces 9 8
Avg per match 4.5 4
1st in 59/112 59/114
%1st in 53% 52%
1st pts 47/59 39/59
%1st pts 80% 66%
2nd pts 28/53 29/55
%2nd pts 53% 53%

Sakkari bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Jabeur managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Sakkari won 80% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 66% 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 Jabeur
Won 9 12
Converted 9/18 12/18
% Converted 50% 67%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 7 4
% Saved 70% 40%
Times Broken 3 6

Sakkari broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Maria surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Tunisian broke her opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ons conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
R1
Pliskova		 R2
Svitolina		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 18 36
pts 73-50 65-46 138-96
Total points 123 111 234
Winners 23 24 47
%Winners 32% 37% 34%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 3 4 7
1st in 30/61 29/51 59/112
% 1st in 49% 57% 53%
1st pts 23/30 24/29 47/59
% 1st pts 77% 83% 80%
2nd pts 18/31 10/22 28/53
% 2nd pts 58% 45% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/9 5/9 9/18
Converted % 44% 56% 50%
Conceded 7 3 10
Saved 6/7 1/3 7
Saved % 86% 33% 60%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Jabeur
R1
Strycova		 R2
Ostapenko		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 20 36
pts 62-41 74-57 136-98
Total points 103 131 234
Winners 17 22 39
%Winners 27% 30% 29%
SERVE
Aces 2 6 8
Double Faults 0 5 5
1st in 24/44 35/70 59/114
% 1st in 55% 50% 52%
1st pts 17/24 22/35 39/59
% 1st pts 71% 63% 66%
2nd pts 13/20 16/35 29/55
% 2nd pts 65% 46% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/7 7/11 12/18
Converted % 71% 64% 67%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 2/3 2/7 4
Saved % 67% 29% 48%
Times Broken 1 5 6

Tennis Scores in Ostrava

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