Maria Sakkari and Jasmine Paolini will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.163
Jasmine Paolini -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Jasmine Paolini
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Jasmine Paolini since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Maria reached the 2nd round after defeating Katarina Zavatska 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Zavatska (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sakkari scored 67 points vs Zavatska’s 51. Maria was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 49% of her first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Zavatska 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (331-220). 5-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has an aggregate146-84 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Maria’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne and Miami.
Maria has an overall 17-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2020. See her history.
Jasmine Paolini
Ranked no. 91 (career-high), Paolini reached the 2nd round after beating Stefanie Voegele 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Jasmine had a good straight sets win against Voegele (7-5 6-1). During the match Paolini scored 68 points vs Voegele’s 53. Jasmine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Paolini couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jasmine Paolini lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paolini put 70% of her first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Paolini broke Voegele 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Jasmine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Malo.
The Italian has an aggregate 11-11 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 |
| Pts | 67-51 | 68-53 |
| Total Points | 118 | 121 |
| Winners | 23 | 32 |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% |
Both Sakkari and Paolini played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Paolini have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sakkari played 2 games less than Paolini. Maria scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Jasmine recorded 32 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 46/66 |
| %1st in | 49% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 32/46 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 60% |
Sakkari recorded 3 aces . Paolini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakkari won 85% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Paolini won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 42% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Maria broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Greek surrendered her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Paolini broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Zavatska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 67-51 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 27/55 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 10/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Paolini | |||
| R1 Voegele |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 46/66 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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