Maria Sakkari and Arantxa Rus will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 3. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.3
Arantxa Rus -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Arantxa Rus
This will be the 5th time that Maria Sakkari and Arantxa Rus play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sakkari won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Parma back in 2022.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Arantxa Rus – Parma 28-September-2022
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-13 | 12-6 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 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. 9, Maria will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Pliskova in the 1st round on the 19th of April.
Sakkari has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Maria’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Australia, Linz, Doha and Indian Wells.
Talking about her overall career, Sakkari has an overall 407-262 record. She has a positive 158-91 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See her history.
Arantxa Rus
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-22 | 5-8 | 6-8 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-22 | 10-10 | 43-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 9-10 | 29-17 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-23 | 5-9 | 33-11 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 13-8 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 107, Rus got to the 2nd round after beating Carlota Martinez Cirez 7-61 6-4, Anna-Lena Friedsam 7-5 6-3 and Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Rus had a good straight sets win against Anisimova (7-5 6-2). During the match Rus scored 78 points vs Anisimova’s 59. Rus was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Rus blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 75% of her first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Anisimova 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W40 Anapoima where she overcame Sinja Kraus in the final 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2.
The Dutch has an aggregate 20-6 win-loss record in 2023, 12-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2011. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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