H2H, PREDICTION Elina Svitolina vs Maria Sakkari | Tokyo odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari

Elina Svitolina and Maria Sakkari will square off in the 3rd round of the Olympics for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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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 -> 1.61
Elina Svitolina -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 4th time that Elina Svitolina and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sakkari won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Ostrava back in 2020.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Elina Svitolina – Ostrava 21-October-2020

Elina Svitolina

Ranked no. 6, the Ukrainian reached the 3rd round after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-3 5-7 6-4 and Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Tomljanovic, Svitolina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Svitolina scored 98 points vs Tomljanovic’s 92. Elina was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svitolina bagged 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 50% of her first serves in, winning 53% (28/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (29/46) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Tomljanovic 7 times after converting 37% of her break points (7/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ukrainian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 51% of the points she played.

Svitolina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (372-190). 15-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Svitolina has a compiled 222-102 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Elina’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Miami and Stuttgart.

Elina has an overall 25-13 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Olympics

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.

Svitolina
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Svitolina's Record

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 19, Maria got to the 3rd round after beating Anett Kontaveit 7-5 6-2 and Nina Stojanovic 6-1 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Stojanovic (6-1 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 61 points vs Stojanovic’s 35. Maria was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakkari managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maria Sakkari was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of her 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Stojanovic 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sakkari started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

The Greek’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open .

The Greek has an overall 24-11 win-loss record in 2021, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Svitolina
M.Sakkari
!
5h:27
5h:27
Time on court​
2h:40
2h:40
!
2h:21
2h:21
Last match​
1h:08
1h:08
2
2
Match played
2
2
60
60
Games Played​
35
35
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
205
205
Total points​
133
133
102.5
102.5
Avg point​
66.5
66.5
63
63
Winners
42
42
31.5
31.5
Avg Winners​
21
21
31%
31%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
12
12
2
2
Avg Aces
6
6
10
10
Double Faults
3
3
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
63/113
63/113
1st won total​
42/53
42/53
56%
56%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
57/100
57/100
2nd won total​
33/50
33/50
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
14/33
14/33
BP won
8/17
8/17
7/16.5
7/16.5
Avg BP won
4/8.5
4/8.5
42%
42%
Won
47%
47%
35
35
Conceded
4
4
17.5
17.5
Avg Conceded
2
2
12
12
Broken
1
1
!
6
6
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
23
23
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Svitolina Sakkari
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 60 35
Pts 205-200 133-93
Total Points 405 226
Winners 63 42
%Winners 31% 32%

Both Svitolina and Sakkari played 2 matches. At the moment, Elina Svitolina lost 2 sets while Maria Sakkari hasn’t conceded a set so far. Svitolina has played 2 sets more than Sakkari (6 vs 4). Therefore, Svitolina played 25 games more than Sakkari. The Ukrainian scored 63 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek blasted 42 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Svitolina Sakkari
Aces 4 12
Avg per match 2 6
1st in 113/223 53/106
%1st in 51% 50%
1st pts 63/113 42/53
%1st pts 56% 79%
2nd pts 57/100 33/50
%2nd pts 57% 66%

Svitolina made 4 aces (2 per match). Sakkari made 12 aces (6 per match). Svitolina won 56% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Svitolina Sakkari
Won 14 8
Converted 14/33 8/17
% Converted 42% 47%
Conceded 35 4
Saved 23 3
% Saved 66% 75%
Times Broken 12 1

The Ukrainian broke her opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Svitolina lost her serve 12 times and she saved 66% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Svitolina
R1
Siegemund
R2
Tomljanovic
Total
Score 6-3 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 31 29 60
pts 107-108 98-92 205-200
Total points 215 190 405
Winners 35 28 63
%Winners 33% 29% 31%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 4
Double Faults 4 6 10
1st in 60/118 53/105 113/223
% 1st in 51% 50% 51%
1st pts 35/60 28/53 63/113
% 1st pts 58% 53% 56%
2nd pts 28/54 29/46 57/100
% 2nd pts 52% 63% 57%
Breaks
Won 7 7 14
Converted 7/14 7/19 14/33
Converted % 50% 37% 42%
Conceded 21 14 35
Saved 15/21 8/14 23
Saved % 71% 57% 64%
Times Broken 6 6 12
Sakkari
R1
Kontaveit
R2
Stojanovic
Total
Score 7-5 6-2 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 15 35
pts 72-58 61-35 133-93
Total points 130 96 226
Winners 22 20 42
%Winners 31% 33% 32%
SERVE
Aces 7 5 12
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 30/65 23/41 53/106
% 1st in 46% 56% 50%
1st pts 22/30 20/23 42/53
% 1st pts 73% 87% 79%
2nd pts 21/33 12/17 33/50
% 2nd pts 64% 71% 66%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/8 4/9 8/17
Converted % 50% 44% 47%
Conceded 4 0 4
Saved 3/4 0/0 3
Saved % 75% 38%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Svitolina
LLWLWWLWWW
Sakkari
LWWLWWWWWL
2024 2023 2022
10 - 5
12 - 6
10-5
Hard
12-6

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