Maria Sakkari and Anastasia Potapova will face off in the 1st round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on SIBUR ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.23
Anastasia Potapova -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Anastasia Potapova

This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Anastasia Potapova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sakkari and Potapova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Sakkari won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi back in 2021.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Anastasia Potapova – Abu Dhabi 06-January-2021

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari

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Rank
52
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-29 14-19 7-5 1-1 3-4 0-0
2024 25-17 12-8 11-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 38-25 26-17 5-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2022 40-23 21-12 8-5 4-2 7-4 0-0
2021 38-20 23-13 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 7, Maria will start her run in St. Petersburg after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 7-6(0) 6-3 to Pegula in the 4th round on the 23rd of January.

Maria has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

Talking about her overall career, Maria has an overall 356-233 record. She has a positive 14-11 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in St. Petersburg

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See her history.

St. Petersburg
Sakkari's Record

Anastasia Potapova

Anastasia Potapova

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Rank
51
High
21
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-16 10-11 6-3 7-1 1-1 0-0
2024 28-22 17-13 6-5 2-1 3-3 0-0
2023 30-21 11-14 7-4 7-1 5-2 0-0
2022 35-24 14-14 18-7 3-2 0-1 0-0
2021 21-23 11-11 3-5 5-5 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 75, the Russian will start her run in St. Petersburg after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-0 to Giorgi in the 1st round on the 17th of January.

The Russian has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

In terms of her career, Anastasia has an overall 129-91 record. She has a positive 22-15 record on indoor hard courts.

St. Petersburg
Potapova's Record

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