Maria Sakkari and Anett Kontaveit will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 9th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.7
Anett Kontaveit -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 9th time that Maria Sakkari and Anett Kontaveit face off. The head to head is 4-4 for Sakkari and Kontaveit (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kontaveit won 2-6 6-3 11-9 in the semifinal in Melbourne back in February 2021.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 19 (career high), Maria got to the 2nd round after defeating Amanda Anisimova 0-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Anisimova, Maria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Sakkari and Anisimova scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 19 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Maria was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari struck 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 57% of her first serves in, winning 49% (22/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Anisimova 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (328-218). 2-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 143-82 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Sakkari’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne and Miami.
Sakkari has a 14-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 29, the Estonian reached the 2nd round after beating Nina Stojanovic 7-64 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kontaveit had a good straight sets win against Stojanovic (7-64 7-5). During the match Kontaveit scored 96 points vs Stojanovic’s 85. Anett was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 57% of her first serves in, winning 55% (32/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Stojanovic 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Kontaveit’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Anett has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 |
| Pts | 86-86 | 96-85 |
| Total Points | 172 | 181 |
| Winners | 22 | 32 |
| %Winners | 26% | 33% |
Both Sakkari and Kontaveit played 1 match. At the moment, Maria Sakkari lost 1 set while Anett Kontaveit hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sakkari has played 1 set more than Kontaveit (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Sakkari played 2 games less than Kontaveit. Sakkari scored 22 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Kontaveit recorded 32 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/79 | 58/101 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 22/45 | 32/58 |
| %1st pts | 49% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 18/43 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 42% |
Sakkari managed to score 6 aces . Kontaveit scored 1 ace . Sakkari won 49% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 55% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 41% | 58% |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Sakkari broke her opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Sakkari lost her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Anett broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Anett conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Anisimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 86-86 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/79 | 45/79 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/45 | 22/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 49% | 49% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Kontaveit | |||
| R1 Stojanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 96-85 | 96-85 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/101 | 58/101 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/58 | 32/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 18/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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