Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic will play each other in the quarter of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.79
Donna Vekic -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 8th time that Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic play each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Vekic won 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 1st round in San Diego back in 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. 7, the Greek got to the quarter after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-1 7-66 and Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-4 6-2). During the match, Sakkari scored 74 points vs Gracheva’s 56. Maria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Maria Sakkari conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 57% of her first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Gracheva 3 times after converting 25% of her break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakkari hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Sakkari has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (348-210). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a composed 20-13 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Maria’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.
The Greek has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Sakkari has never competed in this tournament before.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-20 | 16-9 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 10-9 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, Donna got to the quarter after defeating Tamara Korpatsch 7-64 6-1 and Madison Brengle 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Donna had a good straight sets win against Brengle (6-3 6-1). During the match Vekic scored 70 points vs Brengle’s 53. Vekic was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic made 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Brengle 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Donna hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Vekic has an overall 9-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 36 |
| Pts | 149-115 | 145-113 |
| Total Points | 264 | 258 |
| Winners | 56 | 52 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Sakkari and Vekic played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Vekic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Sakkari played 2 games more than Vekic. Sakkari scored 56 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Vekic fired 52 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 79/128 | 81/144 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 56/79 | 52/81 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 31/49 | 34/63 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Sakkari recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Vekic managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Sakkari won 71% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 75% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 89% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Greek broke her opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sakkari lost her serve once and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | ||||
| R1 Parrizas-Diaz |
R2 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-66 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 74-56 | 149-115 | |
| Total points | 134 | 130 | 264 | |
| Winners | 34 | 22 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 30% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/67 | 35/61 | 79/128 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 22/35 | 56/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 63% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 20/26 | 31/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 77% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/12 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vekic | ||||
| R1 Korpatsch |
R2 Brengle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 70-53 | 145-113 | |
| Total points | 135 | 123 | 258 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 40/72 | 81/144 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 24/40 | 52/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 16/32 | 34/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 6/9 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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