Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sakkari will face off in the semifinal of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.61
Maria Sakkari -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Maria Sakkari
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 14, Azarenka got to the semifinal after beating Barbora Krejcikova 2-6 6-2 6-1 and Elise Mertens 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-4 6-1). During the match Azarenka scored 69 points vs Mertens’s 51. Azarenka was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka fired 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 78% of her first serves in, winning 73% (36/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (4/14) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Mertens 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Victoria has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Azarenka has a an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 76% of her matches (308-98). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Azarenka has a 26-8 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was managing to win the title in New York where she overcame Naomi Osaka in the final w/o.
The Belarussian has a 17-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Ostrava
Victoria didn’t play in Ostrava in 2019.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 23, the Greek got to the semifinal after beating Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 6-3, Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-3 and Ons Jabeur 3-6 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter against Jabeur, Sakkari recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Sakkari scored 90 points vs Jabeur’s 73. Sakkari was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari scored 7 aces and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Maria Sakkari was pretty efficent on serve to win 79% (34/43) of her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Greek broke Jabeur 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The Greek’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in St. Petersburg.
The Greek has a 20-10 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Ostrava
Maria didn’t compete in Ostrava in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 61 |
| Pts | 160-132 | 228-169 |
| Total Points | 292 | 397 |
| Winners | 76 | 81 |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% |
Azarenka played 2 matches while Sakkari competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Victoria Azarenka conceded 1 set, while Maria Sakkari dropper 1 set. Azarenka has played 2 set(s) less than Sakkari (5 vs 7). Therefore, Azarenka played 21 games less than Sakkari. Azarenka scored 76 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Sakkari fired 81 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 118/167 | 102/178 |
| %1st in | 71% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 76/118 | 81/102 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 26/49 | 40/76 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Azarenka blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sakkari bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Azarenka won 64% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 79% of the points behind 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 | Azarenka | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 14 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 14/25 |
| % Converted | 67% | 56% |
| Conceded | 20 | 15 |
| Saved | 17 | 10 |
| % Saved | 85% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Victoria broke her opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Belarussian dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded. Maria broke her opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | ||||
| R2 Krejcikova |
1/4 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 69-51 | 160-132 | |
| Total points | 172 | 120 | 292 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 69/104 | 49/63 | 118/167 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 78% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 40/69 | 36/49 | 76/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 73% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 4/14 | 26/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 29% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 14/16 | 3/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 75% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sakkari | |||||
| R1 Pliskova |
R2 Svitolina |
1/4 Jabeur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 25 | 61 | |
| pts | 73-50 | 65-46 | 90-73 | 228-169 | |
| Total points | 123 | 111 | 163 | 397 | |
| Winners | 23 | 24 | 34 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/61 | 29/51 | 43/66 | 102/178 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 57% | 65% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 24/29 | 34/43 | 81/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 83% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 10/22 | 12/23 | 40/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 45% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/9 | 5/7 | 14/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 56% | 71% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 33% | 60% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
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