Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sakkari will square off in the quarter of the Qatar Total Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 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 Garbine Muguruza who should win in 3 sets.
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.64
Maria Sakkari -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 2nd time that Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sakkari won 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Garbine Muguruza – Abu Dhabi 10-January-2021
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 16, Garbine reached the quarter after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 7-64 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-75 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Garbine defeated Sabalenka (6-2 6-75 6-3). During the match Muguruza scored 117 points vs Sabalenka’s 102. Muguruza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muguruza blasted 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 74% of her first serves in, winning 65% (50/77) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Garbine broke Sabalenka 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Garbine has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.
Muguruza has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (316-168). 11-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muguruza has a 185-94 record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
Garbine has a 11-3 win-loss record in 2021, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2018. See her history.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 25, Maria reached the quarter after defeating Mayar Sherif 6-0 6-3 and Madison Keys 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Keys (6-2 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 64 points vs Keys’s 40. Maria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maria Sakkari was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (17/23) of her 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sakkari broke Keys 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakkari hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 63% of the points she played.
The Greek’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and Melbourne.
The Greek has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muguruza | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 31 |
| Pts | 191-167 | 118-68 |
| Total Points | 358 | 186 |
| Winners | 82 | 35 |
| %Winners | 43% | 30% |
Both Muguruza and Sakkari played 2 matches. At the moment, Garbine Muguruza lost 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Muguruza has played 1 set more than Sakkari (5 vs 4). Therefore, Muguruza played 20 games more than Sakkari. Muguruza scored 82 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Maria fired 35 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muguruza | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 125/180 | 43/83 |
| %1st in | 69% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 82/125 | 35/43 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 27/55 | 28/40 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 70% |
Muguruza managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sakkari bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Muguruza won 66% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muguruza | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/25 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 44% | 56% |
| Conceded | 21 | 2 |
| Saved | 15 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke her opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muguruza | ||||
| R1 Kudermetova | R2 Sabalenka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | 6-2 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 117-102 | 191-167 | |
| Total points | 139 | 219 | 358 | |
| Winners | 32 | 50 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 77/104 | 125/180 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 50/77 | 82/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 13/27 | 27/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/17 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 41% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 9/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 69% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Sherif | R2 Keys | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 54-28 | 64-40 | 118-68 | |
| Total points | 82 | 104 | 186 | |
| Winners | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 27% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 20/38 | 23/45 | 43/83 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 51% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 17/23 | 35/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 74% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 17/22 | 28/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 77% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/9 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 44% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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