Maria Sakkari and Emma Raducanu will face off in the semifinal of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on Arthr Ashe Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.68
Emma Raducanu -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Emma Raducanu
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Emma Raducanu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Sakkari reached the semifinal after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-3, Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2, Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-3, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-72 7-66 6-3 and Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sakkari scored 66 points vs Pliskova’s 47. Sakkari was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari scored 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Maria Sakkari was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of her 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maria broke Pliskova twice after converting 40% of her break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakkari started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (345-225). 21-9 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has an overall163-111 win-loss 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 an aggregate 31-14 win-loss record in 2021, 21-9 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.
Emma Raducanu
Ranked no. 150 (career-high), Emma reached the semifinal after beating Bibiane Schoofs 6-1 6-2, Mariam Bolkvadze 6-3 7-5, Mayar Sherif 6-1 6-4, Stefanie Voegele 6-2 6-3, Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-4, Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0 6-1, Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-1 and Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Emma had a good straight sets win against Bencic (6-3 6-4). During the match Raducanu scored 61 points vs Bencic’s 53. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Raducanu scored 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Emma Raducanu lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Raducanu put 65% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Emma broke Bencic 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Chicago.
Emma has an aggregate 21-6 win-loss record in 2021, 16-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Raducanu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 111 | 135 |
| Pts | 396-331 | 524-351 |
| Total Points | 727 | 875 |
| Winners | 150 | 220 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Sakkari played 5 matches while Raducanu competed in 8 matches. Raducanu started her run from the qualifications while Sakkari had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Maria Sakkari surrendered 1 set while Emma Raducanu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sakkari has played 5 set(s) less than Raducanu (11 vs 16). Therefore, Sakkari played 24 games less than Raducanu. The Greek scored 150 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Raducanu scored 220 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Raducanu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.9 |
| 1st in | 199/356 | 301/414 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 150/199 | 220/301 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 81/157 | 61/113 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 54% |
Sakkari fired 30 aces (6 per match). Raducanu managed to score 23 aces (2.9 per match). Sakkari won 75% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Raducanu won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Raducanu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 35 |
| Converted | 21/46 | 35/77 |
| % Converted | 46% | 45% |
| Conceded | 26 | 23 |
| Saved | 18 | 14 |
| % Saved | 69% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 9 |
The Greek broke her opponents 21 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Greek dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. Raducanu broke her opponents 35 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||||||
| R1 Kostyuk |
R2 Siniakova |
R3 Kvitova |
R4 Andreescu |
1/4 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-72 7-66 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 19 | 35 | 20 | 111 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 65-48 | 65-49 | 132-129 | 66-47 | 396-331 | |
| Total points | 126 | 113 | 114 | 261 | 113 | 727 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 25 | 52 | 24 | 150 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 38% | 39% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 27/47 | 28/47 | 81/142 | 26/49 | 199/356 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 57% | 60% | 57% | 53% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 20/27 | 25/28 | 52/81 | 24/26 | 150/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 89% | 64% | 92% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 11/20 | 12/19 | 28/61 | 17/23 | 81/157 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 55% | 63% | 46% | 74% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/14 | 3/10 | 6/11 | 2/5 | 21/46 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 36% | 30% | 55% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 26 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 8/12 | 0/0 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 100% | 67% | – | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Raducanu | ||||||||||
| Q1 Schoofs |
Q2 Bolkvadze |
Q3 Sherif |
R1 Voegele |
R2 Zhang |
R3 Sorribes Tormo |
R4 Rogers |
1/4 Bencic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 135 | |
| pts | 59-31 | 71-51 | 63-40 | 67-46 | 78-55 | 60-33 | 65-42 | 61-53 | 524-351 | |
| Total points | 90 | 122 | 103 | 113 | 133 | 93 | 107 | 114 | 875 | |
| Winners | 21 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 27 | 220 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% | 46% | 43% | 36% | 37% | 49% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 44/60 | 37/47 | 44/57 | 33/46 | 28/39 | 50/66 | 39/60 | 301/414 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 73% | 79% | 77% | 72% | 72% | 76% | 65% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 32/44 | 29/37 | 29/44 | 28/33 | 22/28 | 32/50 | 27/39 | 220/301 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 73% | 78% | 66% | 85% | 79% | 64% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 9/16 | 5/10 | 6/13 | 7/13 | 6/11 | 8/16 | 12/21 | 61/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 56% | 50% | 46% | 54% | 55% | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 35 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/9 | 4/11 | 5/8 | 4/11 | 5/11 | 5/9 | 3/6 | 35/77 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 44% | 36% | 63% | 36% | 45% | 56% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 8/9 | 4/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 0% | 33% | 0% | – | 89% | 80% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Maria SakkariSakkari – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang – Caroline Dolehide/Storm SandersDolehide/Storm Sanders (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Djurabeck KarimovKarimov – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
