Maria Sakkari and Elise Mertens will play each other in the Round Robin of the United Cup for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on RAC ARENA Perth. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.71
Elise Mertens -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 10th time that Maria Sakkari and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 5-4 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but Mertens has a winning record of 4-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sakkari won 7-6(7) 6-2 in the quarter in St. Petersburg back in 2022.
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-16 | 12-7 | 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 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Sakkari reached the Round Robin after beating Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-2.
In the previous match, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Tomova (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sakkari scored 67 points vs Tomova’s 44. The Greek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari struck 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 58% of her first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Sakkari broke Tomova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (342-208). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has an overall157-102 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Sakkari has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Australia
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-25 | 17-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-13 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Mertens reached the Round Robin after beating Gergana Topalova 6-4 3-6 6-0.
In the previous match, The Belgian defeated Topalova (6-4 3-6 6-0). During the match Mertens scored 82 points vs Topalova’s 67. Elise was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Mertens fired 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 58% of her first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Topalova 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Elise has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Australia
Mertens has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 |
| Pts | 67-44 | 82-67 |
| Total Points | 111 | 149 |
| Winners | 27 | 32 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Sakkari and Mertens played 1 match. At the moment, Elise Mertens lost 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t lost a set so far. Sakkari has played 1 set(s) less than Mertens (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sakkari played 8 games less than Mertens. Sakkari scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mertens made 32 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 44/76 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 32/44 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 40% |
Sakkari made 3 aces . Mertens blasted 2 aces . Sakkari won 84% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Maria broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Greek dropped her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Mertens broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| Round Robin Tomova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 67-44 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mertens | |||
| Round Robin Topalova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-67 | 82-67 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 44/76 | 44/76 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Magda LinetteLinette – Zhibek KulambayevaKulambayeva (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laura PigossiPigossi – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Harriet DartDart (6-76 7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Isabella ShinikovaShinikova (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Harriet DartDart – Maddison InglisInglis (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Zhibek KulambayevaKulambayeva (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Laura PigossiPigossi (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Belinda BencicBencic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-60 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Katie SwanSwan – Zoe HivesHives (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Despina PapamichailPapamichail – Isabella ShinikovaShinikova (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alize CornetCornet – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Zoe HivesHives (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elise MertensMertens (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Petra MarticMartic (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
