H2H, PREDICTION Maria Sakkari vs Cori Gauff | Rome odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Rome. Sakkari and Gauff will face off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Cori Gauff

Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.56
Cori Gauff -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Cori Gauff

This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Cori Gauff – Abu Dhabi 09-January-2021

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 19 (career high), Sakkari got to the 2nd round after defeating Polona Hercog 7-66 3-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Greek defeated Hercog (7-66 3-6 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 115 points vs Hercog’s 113. The Greek was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sakkari struck 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 53% of her first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Hercog 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).

Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (330-219). 4-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a 145-83 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Maria’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne and Miami.

Sakkari has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Sakkari
Rome
Sakkari's Record

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 35 (career high), Cori got to the 2nd round after beating Yulia Putintseva 7-5 4-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, Gauff defeated Putintseva (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match Gauff scored 110 points vs Putintseva’s 101. Gauff was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Gauff fired 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 7 times and she saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 63% of her first serves in, winning 54% (36/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Putintseva 8 times after converting 42% of her break points (8/19).

Gauff’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

Cori has a 15-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.

Gauff
Rome
Gauff's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Sakkari
C.Gauff
2h:48
2h:48
Time on court​
2h:57
2h:57
!
2h:48
2h:48
Last match​
!
2h:57
2h:57
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
115
115
Total points​
110
110
115
115
Avg point​
110
110
37
37
Winners
36
36
37
37
Avg Winners​
36
36
32%
32%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
4
4
Avg Aces
4
4
7
7
Double Faults
2
2
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
37/59
37/59
1st won total​
36/67
36/67
63%
63%
1st won %
54%
54%
27/53
27/53
2nd won total​
21/39
21/39
51%
51%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
BP won
8/19
8/19
4/15
4/15
Avg BP won
8/19
8/19
!
27%
27%
Won
42%
42%
10
10
Conceded
23
23
10
10
Avg Conceded
23
23
4
4
Broken
7
7
4
4
Avg Broken
!
7
7
6
6
Saved
16
16
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakkari Gauff
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 32
Pts 115-113 110-101
Total Points 228 211
Winners 37 36
%Winners 32% 33%

Both Sakkari and Gauff played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Sakkari lost 1 set, while Cori Gauff conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Gauff have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sakkari played 2 games less than Gauff. Sakkari scored 37 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Gauff scored 36 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakkari Gauff
Aces 4 4
Avg per match 4 4
1st in 59/112 67/106
%1st in 53% 63%
1st pts 37/59 36/67
%1st pts 63% 54%
2nd pts 27/53 21/39
%2nd pts 51% 54%

Sakkari scored 4 aces . Gauff made 4 aces . Sakkari won 63% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 54% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sakkari Gauff
Won 4 8
Converted 4/15 8/19
% Converted 27% 42%
Conceded 10 23
Saved 6 16
% Saved 60% 70%
Times Broken 4 7

Sakkari broke her opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Sakkari dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Gauff broke her opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
R1
Hercog		 Total
Score 7-66 3-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 115-113 115-113
Total points 228 228
Winners 37 37
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 59/112 59/112
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 37/59 37/59
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 27/53 27/53
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/15 4/15
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4
Gauff
R1
Putintseva		 Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 110-101 110-101
Total points 211 211
Winners 36 36
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 67/106 67/106
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 36/67 36/67
% 1st pts 54% 54%
2nd pts 21/39 21/39
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/19 8/19
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 23 23
Saved 16/23 16
Saved % 70% 70%
Times Broken 7 7

Head 2 Head

Maria Sakkari
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 1ITF
  • 6Minor
Cori Gauff
  • 1Slam
  • 7Main
  • 0ITF
  • 0Minor

Maria
Sakkari

5:3

Cori
Gauff

Rank

9

High

3

4Hard2

1Clay1

Rank

2

High

2

Win Loss
Sakkari
WWLLLLWWLW
Gauff
WWLWWLWWWW
2024 2023 2022
23 - 13
34 - 10
12-6
Hard
18-5
9-5
Clay
12-4
2-2
Grass
4-1

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