Maria Sakkari and Simona Halep will play each other in the quarter of the Kremlin Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.89
Simona Halep -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Simona Halep
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Simona Halep since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Greek reached the quarter after defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-2 1-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Kalinskaya (6-2 1-0 ret.). During the match, Sakkari scored 31 points vs Kalinskaya’s 14. Maria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 9 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Maria Sakkari was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 100% (9/9) of her 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Kalinskaya 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (349-228). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has an aggregate13-10 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Maria’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Ostrava.
The Greek has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 19, Halep got to the quarter after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-4 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Simona had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-1 7-64). During the match Halep scored 71 points vs Kudermetova’s 59. Simona was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Halep wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 67% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Halep’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.
The Romanian has a compiled 18-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 9 | 37 |
| Pts | 31-14 | 141-116 |
| Total Points | 45 | 257 |
| Winners | 9 | 52 |
| %Winners | 29% | 37% |
Sakkari played 1 match while Halep competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Sakkari has played 1 set(s) less than Halep (3 vs 4). Therefore, Sakkari played 28 games less than Halep. The Greek scored 9 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian struck 52 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 9/19 | 74/113 |
| %1st in | 47% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 9/9 | 52/74 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 15/39 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 38% |
Sakkari blasted 3 aces . Halep didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakkari won 100% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Halep won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 11/27 |
| % Converted | 75% | 41% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Maria broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Greek had a solid display on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Simona broke her opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R2 Kalinskaya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 9 | |
| pts | 31-14 | 31-14 | |
| Total points | 45 | 45 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 9/9 | 9/9 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Halep | ||||
| R1 Potapova |
R2 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 71-59 | 141-116 | |
| Total points | 127 | 130 | 257 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 36/54 | 74/113 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 25/36 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 9/18 | 15/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 50% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/14 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 50% | 113% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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