Maria Sakkari and Elise Mertens will play each other in the Round Robin of the United Cup for the 10^th 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 10^th 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

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

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

Tennis Scores in Australia

• Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Malene HelgoHelgo (7-5 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Madison KeysKeys – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Donna VekicVekic – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Maddison InglisInglis (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• 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
• Elise MertensMertens – Gergana TopalovaTopalova (6-4 3-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petra MarticMartic – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• 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