Petra Kvitova and Maria Sakkari will play each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. 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.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.92
Petra Kvitova -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 6th time that Petra Kvitova and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kvitova won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in April 2021.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs Maria Sakkari – Stuttgart 21-April-2021
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 11, Kvitova reached the 3rd round after beating Polona Hercog 6-1 6-2 and Kristyna Pliskova 7-64 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kvitova had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (7-64 6-2). During the match, Kvitova scored 70 points vs Pliskova’s 60. Petra was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kvitova fired 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Petra Kvitova was very effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Petra broke Pliskova twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kvitova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Kvitova has an extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (372-159). 15-8 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kvitova has an aggregate 211-91 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Doha where she beat Garbine Muguruza in the final 6-2 6-1.
Kvitova has a compiled 26-14 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2015 and 2017. See her history.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), the Greek reached the 3rd round after beating Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-3 and Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-4 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 65 points vs Siniakova’s 48. Maria was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Sakkari scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (20/27) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Sakkari broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
The Greek’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open .
Maria has an aggregate 28-14 win-loss record in 2021, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 37 |
| Pts | 128-94 | 133-106 |
| Total Points | 222 | 239 |
| Winners | 61 | 49 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both Kvitova and Sakkari played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kvitova and Sakkari have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kvitova played 1 game less than Sakkari. Kvitova scored 61 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Sakkari blasted 49 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 76/111 | 64/118 |
| %1st in | 68% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 61/76 | 49/64 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 24/54 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 44% |
Kvitova managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sakkari scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kvitova won 80% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 86% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Petra broke her opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Kvitova quite strong on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Greek broke her opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | ||||
| R1 Hercog |
R2 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 70-60 | 128-94 | |
| Total points | 92 | 130 | 222 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 44/62 | 76/111 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 71% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 35/44 | 61/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/18 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Kostyuk |
R2 Siniakova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 65-48 | 133-106 | |
| Total points | 126 | 113 | 239 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 27/47 | 64/118 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 20/27 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 11/20 | 24/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 55% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/14 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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