Maria Sakkari and Anett Kontaveit will clash against each other in the final of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 13^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 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 Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.65
Maria Sakkari -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Anett Kontaveit

This will be the 13^th time that Maria Sakkari and Anett Kontaveit fight against each other. The head to head is 6-6 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Kontaveit won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Guadalajara back in 2021.

Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs Maria Sakkari – Guadalajara 16-November-2021

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 7, Maria reached the final after defeating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-4, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-4, Elise Mertens 7-6⁷ 6-2 and Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-7⁴ 6-4.

In the semifinal, Maria defeated Begu (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-4). During the match, Sakkari scored 114 points vs Begu’s 107. Sakkari was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sakkari made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 54% of her first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (23/51) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Begu 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maria has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Sakkari has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (338-209). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a compiled18-11 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Maria’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in St. Petersburg.

The Greek has a composed 8-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in St. Petersburg

Anett Kontaveit

Ranked no. 9, Kontaveit reached the final after beating Jil Teichmann 6-3 1-6 6-3, Sorana Cirstea 6-4 7-5, Belinda Bencic 7-6⁷ 6-2 and Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal, Anett had a good straight sets win against Ostapenko (6-3 6-4). During the match Kontaveit scored 62 points vs Ostapenko’s 52. The Estonian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Kontaveit struck 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 70% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (5/15) on the 2nd serve. Kontaveit broke Ostapenko 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kontaveit has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Estonian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Sydney and St. Petersburg.

The Estonian has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sakkari	Kontaveit
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	92	87
Pts	345-299	309-269
Total Points	644	578
Winners	134	126
%Winners	39%	41%

Both Sakkari and Kontaveit played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Sakkari dropped 1 set, while Anett Kontaveit surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Kontaveit have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Sakkari played 5 games more than Kontaveit. Maria scored 134 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Anett managed to score 126 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sakkari	Kontaveit
Aces	15	12
Avg per match	3.8	3
1st in	194/337	185/288
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	134/194	126/185
%1st pts	69%	68%
2nd pts	66/143	52/103
%2nd pts	46%	50%

Sakkari fired 15 aces (3.8 per match). Kontaveit recorded 12 aces (3 per match). Sakkari won 69% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sakkari	Kontaveit
Won	20	18
Converted	20/38	18/38
% Converted	53%	47%
Conceded	43	26
Saved	32	15
% Saved	74%	58%
Times Broken	11	11

The Greek broke her opponents 20 times with a 53% conversion rate. Sakkari surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. Kontaveit broke her opponents 18 times with a 47% conversion rate. Kontaveit conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
	R1 Potapova	R2 Alexandrova	1/4 Mertens	1/2 Begu	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-4	7-67 6-2	6-4 6-74 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	20	18	21	33	92
pts	79-71	60-45	92-76	114-107	345-299
Total points	150	105	168	221	644
Winners	37	23	34	40	134
%Winners	47%	38%	37%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	6	2	15
Double Faults	5	0	2	3	10
1st in	55/90	29/48	51/89	59/110	194/337
% 1st in	61%	60%	57%	54%	58%
1st pts	37/55	23/29	34/51	40/59	134/194
% 1st pts	67%	79%	67%	68%	69%
2nd pts	14/35	14/19	15/38	23/51	66/143
% 2nd pts	40%	74%	39%	45%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	3	6	7	20
Converted	4/7	3/7	6/11	7/13	20/38
Converted %	57%	43%	55%	54%	53%
Conceded	14	0	17	12	43
Saved	12/14	0/0	13/17	7/12	32
Saved %	86%	–	76%	58%	55%
Times Broken	2	0	4	5	11

Kontaveit
	R1 Belen Teichmann	R2 Cirstea	1/4 Bencic	1/2 Ostapenko	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 6-3	6-4 7-5	7-67 6-2	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	25	22	21	19	87
pts	91-88	71-62	85-67	62-52	309-269
Total points	179	133	152	114	578
Winners	41	32	29	24	126
%Winners	45%	45%	34%	39%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4	4	12
Double Faults	7	2	5	2	16
1st in	61/95	46/69	43/74	35/50	185/288
% 1st in	64%	67%	58%	70%	64%
1st pts	41/61	32/46	29/43	24/35	126/185
% 1st pts	67%	70%	67%	69%	68%
2nd pts	16/34	14/23	17/31	5/15	52/103
% 2nd pts	47%	61%	55%	33%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	4	5	6	18
Converted	3/9	4/7	5/11	6/11	18/38
Converted %	33%	57%	45%	55%	47%
Conceded	9	6	7	4	26
Saved	6/9	4/6	4/7	1/4	15
Saved %	67%	67%	57%	25%	54%
Times Broken	3	2	3	3	11

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