Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on PIETRANGELI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.57
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 6th time that Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg back in February 2022.
Maria Sakkari
| 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. 4, the Greek will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Kasatkina in the 2nd round on the 1st of May.
The Greek has an aggregate 17-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Maria’s best result of the season was getting to the final in St. Petersburg and Indian Wells.
Talking about her overall career, The Greek has an overall 369-239 record. She has a positive 151-87 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-25 | 22-16 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Ekaterina reached the 2nd round after defeating Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Stephens (6-1 6-2). During the match Alexandrova scored 54 points vs Stephens’s 27. Alexandrova was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Alexandrova fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova was quite effective on serve to win 84% (16/19) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Stephens 5 times.
Alexandrova’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Charleston and Madrid.
Alexandrova has an aggregate 16-9 win-loss record in 2022, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Joao SousaSousa – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-75 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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