Maria Sakkari and Nina Stojanovic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.177
Nina Stojanovic -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Nina Stojanovic
This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Nina Stojanovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Sakkari won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in the Minsk back in 1970.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 19, the Greek reached the 2nd round after defeating Anett Kontaveit 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Kontaveit (7-5 6-2). During the match, Sakkari scored 72 points vs Kontaveit’s 58. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari fired 7 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Maria broke Kontaveit 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Sakkari has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (337-222). 13-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a compiled155-108 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Maria’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open .
Maria has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2021, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
Maria has never competed in this tournament before.
Nina Stojanovic
Ranked no. 90, Stojanovic got to the 2nd round after defeating Nao Hibino 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Stojanovic had a good straight sets win against Hibino (6-3 6-3). During the match Stojanovic scored 67 points vs Hibino’s 51. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Stojanovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Nina Stojanovic was quite effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of her 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Hibino 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Stojanovic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Nottingham.
Stojanovic has a composed 16-15 win-loss record in 2021, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Stojanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 |
| Pts | 72-58 | 67-51 |
| Total Points | 130 | 118 |
| Winners | 22 | 18 |
| %Winners | 31% | 27% |
Both Sakkari and Stojanovic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Stojanovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sakkari played 2 games more than Stojanovic. Maria scored 22 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Nina bagged 18 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Stojanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 30/65 | 22/53 |
| %1st in | 46% | 42% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 18/22 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 17/24 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 71% |
Sakkari blasted 7 aces . Stojanovic made 1 ace . Sakkari won 73% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Stojanovic won 82% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Stojanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Maria broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Nina broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nina conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Kontaveit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 72-58 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/65 | 30/65 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Stojanovic | |||
| R1 Hibino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 67-51 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/53 | 22/53 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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