Sofia Kenin and Maria Sakkari will fight against each other in the quarter of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines 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
Sofia Kenin -> 1.99

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This will be the 3^rd time that Sofia Kenin and Maria Sakkari play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kenin won 6-4 1-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2018.

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 4 (career high), the American reached the 1^st round after beating Zhaoxuan Yang 7-6⁴ 6-2, Kirsten Flipkens 5-7 5-4 ret. and Yulia Putintseva 3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the 3^rd round against Putintseva, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match Kenin scored 119 points vs Putintseva’s 115. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kenin was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 7 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 60% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Putintseva 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sofia has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points she played.

Kenin has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (212-117). 3-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kenin has a 128-64 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Kenin has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Abu Dhabi

The American didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 22, Sakkari reached the 1^st round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-2, Cori Gauff 7-5 6-2 and Garbine Muguruza 7-5 6-4.

In the 3^rd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Muguruza (7-5 6-4). During the match Sakkari scored 85 points vs Muguruza’s 72. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakkari made 11 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of her 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sakkari broke Muguruza 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Maria has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Kenin played 2 matches while Sakkari competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kenin has played 1 set(s) less than Sakkari (5 vs 6). Therefore, Kenin played 7 games less than Sakkari. The American scored 77 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek bagged 79 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Kenin fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sakkari fired 22 aces (7.3 per match). Kenin won 69% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 76% of the 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

Kenin broke her opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 7 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 1Slam
• 5Main
• 4ITF
• 0Minor

• 0Slam
• 2Main
• 1ITF
• 6Minor

Sofia
Kenin

2:2

Maria
Sakkari

Rank

83

High

4

1Hard1

0Clay1

1Grass0

Rank

32

High

3

Win Loss

Kenin

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Sakkari

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2024 2023 2022

16 - 26

25 - 16

10-17

Hard

12-7

5-6

Clay

11-6

1-3

Grass

2-3

Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi

• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 6-7⁵ 7-6⁸) – See score progression

• Sofia KeninKenin – Maria SakkariSakkari (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-0) – H2H and prediction

Kenin

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Sakkari