Aryna Sabalenka and Maria Sakkari will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.74
Maria Sakkari -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2020.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Aryna Sabalenka – Dubai 18-February-2020
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 10, the Belarussian got to the 1st round after defeating Polona Hercog 7-65 6-2, Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-4, Ons Jabeur 6-2 6-4 and Elena Rybakina 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Aryna defeated Rybakina (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Sabalenka scored 92 points vs Rybakina ‘s 85. Sabalenka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sabalenka made 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aryna Sabalenka was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (45/63) of her 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Belarussian broke Rybakina 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aryna has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (189-100). 4-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 114-50 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Aryna has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Aryna didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 22, Maria got to the 1st round after defeating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-2, Cori Gauff 7-5 6-2, Garbine Muguruza 7-5 6-4 and Sofia Kenin 2-6 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter against Kenin, Sakkari recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-0). During the match Sakkari scored 74 points vs Kenin’s 56. The Greek was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari blasted 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 57% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Kenin 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 90 | 82 |
| Pts | 237-200 | 303-242 |
| Total Points | 437 | 545 |
| Winners | 97 | 102 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Sabalenka and Sakkari played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka conceded 1 set, while Maria Sakkari dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sabalenka and Sakkari have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Sabalenka played 8 games more than Sakkari. The Belarussian scored 97 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek scored 102 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 7.8 |
| 1st in | 133/225 | 138/258 |
| %1st in | 59% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 97/133 | 102/138 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 44/92 | 66/120 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Sabalenka managed to score 9 aces (2.3 per match). Sakkari scored 31 aces (7.8 per match). Sabalenka won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 18 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 18/43 |
| % Converted | 46% | 42% |
| Conceded | 17 | 32 |
| Saved | 10 | 25 |
| % Saved | 59% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
The Belarussian broke her opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Sabalenka conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. Sakkari broke her opponents 18 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | ||||||
| R1 Hercog |
R2 Tomljanovic |
R3 Jabeur |
1/4 Rybakina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 18 | 29 | 90 | |
| pts | 86-68 | – | 59-47 | 92-85 | 237-200 | |
| Total points | 154 | 0 | 106 | 177 | 437 | |
| Winners | 32 | 20 | 45 | 97 | ||
| %Winners | 37% | NAN% | 34% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | ||
| 1st in | 44/79 | / | 26/48 | 63/98 | 133/225 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | NAN% | 54% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | / | 20/26 | 45/63 | 97/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | NAN% | 77% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | / | 9/22 | 19/35 | 44/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | NAN% | 41% | 54% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 5/12 | / | 5/9 | 3/7 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 42% | NAN% | 56% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/ | 1/3 | 3/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 33% | 60% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Sakkari | ||||||
| R1 Potapova |
R2 Gauff |
R3 Muguruza |
1/4 Kenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 2-6 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 82 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 73-59 | 85-72 | 74-56 | 303-242 | |
| Total points | 126 | 132 | 157 | 130 | 545 | |
| Winners | 27 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% | 35% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 34/66 | 40/76 | 34/60 | 138/258 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 52% | 53% | 57% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 22/34 | 30/40 | 23/34 | 102/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 65% | 75% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 17/32 | 21/36 | 15/26 | 66/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 53% | 58% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/13 | 3/9 | 6/13 | 18/43 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 46% | 33% | 46% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 32 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/9 | 12/13 | 3/6 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 92% | 50% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWLLL Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (5-7 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Sofia KeninKenin (2-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
