Maria Sakkari and Elena Rybakina will play each other in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.61
Elena Rybakina -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina

This will be the 2^nd time that Maria Sakkari and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Rybakina won 3-6 7-5 6-1 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg back in 2020.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Maria Sakkari – St. Petersburg 15-February-2020

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Sakkari got to the quarter after beating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 7-5, Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-0 and Daria Saville 4-1 ret..

In the 4^th round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Gavrilova (4-1 ret.). During the match, Sakkari scored 28 points vs Gavrilova’s 20. Maria was very aggressive to blast 13 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sakkari scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Maria Sakkari conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 59% of her first serves in, winning 76% (13/17) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Gavrilova once after converting 33% of her break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Sakkari has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (344-211). 10-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has an aggregate163-105 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Greek’s best result of the year was reaching the final in St. Petersburg.

The Greek has an overall 14-4 win-loss record in 2022, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 20, Elena got to the quarter after defeating Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1 7-5, Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-4 and Viktorija Golubic 7-6⁵ 6-2.

In the 4^th round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Golubic (7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match Rybakina scored 70 points vs Golubic’s 53. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Rybakina bagged 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Elena Rybakina was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of her 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Golubic 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elena hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Rybakina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Adelaide.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 10-3 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See her history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sakkari	Rybakina
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	41	59
Pts	161-111	222-170
Total Points	272	392
Winners	66	77
%Winners	41%	35%

Both Sakkari and Rybakina played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Rybakina have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Sakkari played 18 games less than Rybakina. Sakkari scored 66 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Elena blasted 77 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sakkari	Rybakina
Aces	12	13
Avg per match	4	4.3
1st in	80/142	103/185
%1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	66/80	77/103
%1st pts	83%	75%
2nd pts	32/62	54/82
%2nd pts	52%	66%

Sakkari made 12 aces (4 per match). Rybakina recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Sakkari won 83% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sakkari	Rybakina
Won	9	8
Converted	9/18	8/19
% Converted	50%	42%
Conceded	7	10
Saved	5	9
% Saved	71%	90%
Times Broken	2	1

Maria broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve once and she saved 90% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
	R2 Siniakova	R3 Kvitova	R4 Gavrilova	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-3 6-0	4-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	1	5
Tot Games	21	15	5	41
pts	74-56	59-35	28-20	161-111
Total points	130	94	48	272
Winners	29	24	13	66
%Winners	39%	41%	46%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	1	12
Double Faults	6	0	0	6
1st in	38/68	25/45	17/29	80/142
% 1st in	56%	56%	59%	56%
1st pts	29/38	24/25	13/17	66/80
% 1st pts	76%	96%	76%	83%
2nd pts	16/30	10/20	6/12	32/62
% 2nd pts	53%	50%	50%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	1	9
Converted	4/8	4/7	1/3	9/18
Converted %	50%	57%	33%	50%
Conceded	2	2	3	7
Saved	0/2	2/2	3/3	5
Saved %	0%	100%	100%	67%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Rybakina
	R2 Van Uytvanck	R3 Azarenka	R4 Golubic	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	6-3 6-4	7-65 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	19	19	21	59
pts	76-59	76-58	70-53	222-170
Total points	135	134	123	392
Winners	28	26	23	77
%Winners	37%	34%	33%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	5	13
Double Faults	3	0	1	4
1st in	42/72	30/56	31/57	103/185
% 1st in	58%	54%	54%	56%
1st pts	28/42	26/30	23/31	77/103
% 1st pts	67%	87%	74%	75%
2nd pts	20/30	17/26	17/26	54/82
% 2nd pts	67%	65%	65%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/8	2/8	3/3	8/19
Converted %	38%	25%	100%	42%
Conceded	7	1	2	10
Saved	7/7	1/1	1/2	9
Saved %	100%	100%	50%	83%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Simona HalepHalep – Petra MarticMartic (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriela Dabrowski/Giuliana OlmosDabrowski/Giuliana Olmos – Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica NiculescuBegu/Monica Niculescu (6-2 2-6 9-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David FerrerFerrer – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (7-5 3-6 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Madison KeysKeys (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction