Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari will fight against each other in the quarter of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.75
Maria Sakkari -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Pliskova and Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pliskova won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Rome back in 2019.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 4, the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Caty McNally 6-3 6-4, Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-75 7-67, Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-2 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-4.
In the 4th round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (7-5 6-4). During the match, Pliskova scored 77 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 67. Pliskova was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova struck 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Karolina Pliskova was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Pliskova broke Pavlyuchenkova 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karolina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (436-218). 20-9 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has an aggregate 244-116 record in the last years on hard.
Pliskova’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Rome,in Wimbledon and Montreal.
Karolina has an aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2021, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2016. See her history.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Maria reached the quarter after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-3, Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2, Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-3 and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-72 7-66 6-3.
In the 4th round against Andreescu, Maria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-66 6-3). During the match Sakkari scored 132 points vs Andreescu’s 129. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Sakkari fired 8 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 57% of her first serves in, winning 64% (52/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (28/61) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Andreescu 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Sakkari’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open .
Sakkari has a compiled 30-14 win-loss record in 2021, 20-9 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 | Pliskova | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 91 |
| Pts | 333-285 | 330-284 |
| Total Points | 618 | 614 |
| Winners | 155 | 126 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Pliskova and Sakkari played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karolina Pliskova conceded 1 set, while Maria Sakkari dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Sakkari have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Pliskova played 5 games more than Sakkari. Karolina scored 155 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek scored 126 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 58 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 14.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 201/318 | 173/307 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 155/201 | 126/173 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 56/117 | 64/134 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
Pliskova recorded 58 aces (14.5 per match). Sakkari recorded 26 aces (6.5 per match). Pliskova won 77% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 19 |
| Converted | 14/34 | 19/41 |
| % Converted | 41% | 46% |
| Conceded | 25 | 26 |
| Saved | 19 | 18 |
| % Saved | 76% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Karolina broke her opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Karolina surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||||
| R1 McNally |
R2 Anisimova |
R3 Tomljanovic |
R4 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-75 7-67 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 38 | 17 | 22 | 96 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 121-113 | 64-50 | 77-67 | 333-285 | |
| Total points | 126 | 234 | 114 | 144 | 618 | |
| Winners | 27 | 62 | 32 | 34 | 155 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 50% | 44% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 58 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 80/114 | 35/62 | 48/75 | 201/318 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 70% | 56% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 62/80 | 32/35 | 34/48 | 155/201 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 78% | 91% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 19/34 | 10/27 | 14/27 | 56/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 56% | 37% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/9 | 3/7 | 4/7 | 14/34 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 22% | 43% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/3 | 5/5 | 7/9 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 67% | 100% | 78% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sakkari | ||||||
| R1 Kostyuk |
R2 Siniakova |
R3 Kvitova |
R4 Andreescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-72 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 19 | 35 | 91 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 65-48 | 65-49 | 132-129 | 330-284 | |
| Total points | 126 | 113 | 114 | 261 | 614 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 25 | 52 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 38% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 27/47 | 28/47 | 81/142 | 173/307 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 57% | 60% | 57% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 20/27 | 25/28 | 52/81 | 126/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 89% | 64% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 11/20 | 12/19 | 28/61 | 64/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 55% | 63% | 46% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/14 | 3/10 | 6/11 | 19/41 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 36% | 30% | 55% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 26 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 8/12 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 100% | 67% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
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