Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff will square off in the 2nd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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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 -> 1.76
Cori Gauff -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Cori Gauff
This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 22, the Greek got to the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-4 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 71 points vs Potapova’s 55. Maria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari fired 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Maria Sakkari conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 54% of her first serves in, winning 90% (27/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Potapova 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (315-211). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has a 143-102 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Greek has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
The Greek didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Cori Gauff
Ranked no. 48, Gauff reached the 2nd round after defeating Ulrikke Eikeri 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Eikeri (6-0 6-1). During the match Gauff and Eikeri scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 22 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Gauff was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cori Gauff conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Cori has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 13 |
| Pts | 71-55 | 0-0 |
| Total Points | 126 | 0 |
| Winners | 27 | 0 |
| %Winners | 38% | NAN% |
Both Sakkari and Gauff played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Gauff have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sakkari played 5 games more than Gauff. Maria scored 27 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 0 winners (NAN%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 0/0 |
| %1st in | 54% | NAN% |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 0/0 |
| %1st pts | 90% | NAN% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 0/0 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | NAN% |
Sakkari bagged 7 aces . Gauff didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakkari won 90% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won NAN% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win NAN% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 0 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 0/0 |
| % Converted | 38% | NAN% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Sakkari broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sakkari extremely effective on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. On the other side, Gauff hasn’t manged yet to break her opponent. She didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Cori was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Potapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 71-55 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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