Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the quarter of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Akron Tennis Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.666
Maria Sakkari -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Veronika Kudermetova

This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sakkari won 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2022.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Veronika Kudermetova – Australian Open 21-January-2022

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
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Ranked no. 6, Maria reached the quarter after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-4 and Danielle Rose Collins 5-7 6-3 6-3.

In the 3rd round against Collins, Maria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match, Sakkari scored 97 points vs Collins’s 93. Sakkari was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sakkari blasted 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 65% of her first serves in, winning 58% (36/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Collins 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (365-228). 16-10 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has an overall169-112 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Maria’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in St. Petersburg, Indian Wells and Parma.

Sakkari has a compiled 35-21 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guadalajara

Sakkari has never competed in this tournament before.

Guadalajara
Sakkari's Record

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

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Rank
30
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-25 22-16 9-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
2024 18-25 10-16 3-5 0-0 5-4 0-0
2023 34-22 18-14 8-5 1-1 7-2 0-0
2022 39-20 27-13 7-4 0-1 5-2 0-0
2021 33-24 15-13 14-4 3-4 1-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 12 (career-high), Veronika reached the quarter after beating Donna Vekic 6-4 7-5 and Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 6-4.

In the 3rd round, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Ostapenko (6-4 6-4). During the match Kudermetova scored 72 points vs Ostapenko’s 58. Kudermetova was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova recorded 11 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was very efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Ostapenko 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Veronika’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Melbourne, Dubai and Istanbul.

The Russian has an overall 39-19 win-loss record in 2022, 27-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guadalajara

Veronika has never competed in this tournament before.

Guadalajara
Kudermetova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Sakkari
V.Kudermetova
4h:14
4h:14
Time on court​
3h:12
3h:12
!
2h:17
2h:17
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
2
2
Match played
2
2
50
50
Games Played​
42
42
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
178
178
Total points​
147
147
89
89
Avg point​
73.5
73.5
70
70
Winners
58
58
35
35
Avg Winners​
29
29
39%
39%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
22
22
3
3
Avg Aces
!
11
11
8
8
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3
3
70/111
70/111
1st won total​
58/70
58/70
63%
63%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
33/58
33/58
2nd won total​
26/46
26/46
57%
57%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
9/20
9/20
BP won
6/14
6/14
4.5/10
4.5/10
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
45%
45%
Won
43%
43%
20
20
Conceded
7
7
10
10
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
5
5
Broken
2
2
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
1
1
15
15
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakkari Kudermetova
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 50 42
Pts 178-160 147-116
Total Points 338 263
Winners 70 58
%Winners 39% 39%

Both Sakkari and Kudermetova played 2 matches. At the moment, Maria Sakkari lost 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sakkari has played 1 set more than Kudermetova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Sakkari played 8 games more than Kudermetova. The Greek scored 70 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 58 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakkari Kudermetova
Aces 6 22
Avg per match 3 11
1st in 111/169 70/116
%1st in 66% 60%
1st pts 70/111 58/70
%1st pts 63% 83%
2nd pts 33/58 26/46
%2nd pts 57% 57%

Sakkari blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Kudermetova scored 22 aces (11 per match). Sakkari won 63% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 83% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sakkari Kudermetova
Won 9 6
Converted 9/20 6/14
% Converted 45% 43%
Conceded 20 7
Saved 15 5
% Saved 75% 71%
Times Broken 5 2

Maria broke her opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sakkari surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
R2
Kostyuk		 R3
Collins		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 30 50
pts 81-67 97-93 178-160
Total points 148 190 338
Winners 34 36 70
%Winners 42% 37% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 6
Double Faults 4 4 8
1st in 49/73 62/96 111/169
% 1st in 67% 65% 66%
1st pts 34/49 36/62 70/111
% 1st pts 69% 58% 63%
2nd pts 11/24 22/34 33/58
% 2nd pts 46% 65% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/9 5/11 9/20
Converted % 44% 45% 45%
Conceded 13 7 20
Saved 11/13 4/7 15
Saved % 85% 57% 71%
Times Broken 2 3 5
Kudermetova
R2
Vekic		 R3
Ostapenko		 Total
Score 6-4 7-5 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 20 42
pts 75-58 72-58 147-116
Total points 133 130 263
Winners 29 29 58
%Winners 39% 40% 39%
SERVE
Aces 11 11 22
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 31/54 39/62 70/116
% 1st in 57% 63% 60%
1st pts 29/31 29/39 58/70
% 1st pts 94% 74% 83%
2nd pts 13/23 13/23 26/46
% 2nd pts 57% 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/7 3/7 6/14
Converted % 43% 43% 43%
Conceded 1 6 7
Saved 0/1 5/6 5
Saved % 0% 83% 42%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Guadalajara

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