Maria Sakkari and Rebeka Masarova will square off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. 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
Rebeka Masarova -> 3.54

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Rebeka Masarova

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Rebeka Masarova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari

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Rank
17
High
3
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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
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Ranked no. 9, Sakkari got to the 3rd round after beating Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sakkari scored 70 points vs Rus’s 57. Maria was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sakkari blasted 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of her 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sakkari broke Rus 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (357-216). 1-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has a composed 144-76 match record in the last years on clay.

Sakkari’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Australia, Linz, Doha and Indian Wells.

Maria has an overall 16-8 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Madrid
Sakkari's Record

Rebeka Masarova

Rebeka Masarova

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Rank
119
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-29 11-14 12-11 0-1 2-3 0-0
2023 38-23 16-11 10-5 9-4 3-3 0-0
2022 34-26 8-8 21-15 5-1 0-2 0-0
2021 42-13 27-7 14-5 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 12-4 0-0 12-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 74 (career-high), Masarova reached the 3rd round after beating Cristina Bucsa 6-3 5-7 6-4 and Donna Vekic 6-1 7-65.

In the 2nd round, Rebeka had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-1 7-65). During the match Masarova scored 71 points vs Vekic’s 62. Rebeka was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Masarova scored 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Rebeka Masarova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Masarova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Masarova broke Vekic 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Rebeka’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Auckland and the W100 Oeiras.

The Spaniard has a compiled 22-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Madrid
Masarova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Sakkari
R.Masarova
1h:35
1h:35
Time on court​
!
3h:46
3h:46
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
20
20
Games Played​
51
51
2
2
Set played​​
5
5
70
70
Total points​
173
173
70
70
Avg point​
86.5
86.5
29
29
Winners
85
85
29
29
Avg Winners​
42.5
42.5
41%
41%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
8
8
6
6
Avg Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
29/41
29/41
1st won total​
85/121
85/121
!
71%
71%
1st won %
70%
70%
14/22
14/22
2nd won total​
21/41
21/41
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
8/15
8/15
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
4/7.5
4/7.5
38%
38%
Won
!
53%
53%
7
7
Conceded
13
13
7
7
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
1
1
Broken
5
5
1
1
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
6
6
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakkari Masarova
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 20 51
Pts 70-57 173-150
Total Points 127 323
Winners 29 85
%Winners 41% 49%

Sakkari played 1 match while Masarova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Rebeka Masarova conceded 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sakkari has played 3 set(s) less than Masarova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Sakkari played 31 games less than Masarova. Maria scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Masarova scored 85 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakkari Masarova
Aces 6 8
Avg per match 6 4
1st in 41/63 121/162
%1st in 65% 75%
1st pts 29/41 85/121
%1st pts 71% 70%
2nd pts 14/22 21/41
%2nd pts 64% 51%

Sakkari fired 6 aces . Masarova scored 8 aces (4 per match). Sakkari won 71% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Masarova won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sakkari Masarova
Won 3 8
Converted 3/8 8/15
% Converted 38% 53%
Conceded 7 13
Saved 6 8
% Saved 86% 62%
Times Broken 1 5

Maria broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sakkari dropped her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Masarova broke her opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Masarova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
R2
Rus		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 70-57 70-57
Total points 127 127
Winners 29 29
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 41/63 41/63
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 29/41 29/41
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 14/22 14/22
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 6/7 6
Saved % 86% 86%
Times Broken 1 1
Masarova
R1
Bucsa		 R2
Vekic		 Total
Score 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-1 7-65
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 31 20 51
pts 102-88 71-62 173-150
Total points 190 133 323
Winners 54 31 85
%Winners 53% 44% 49%
SERVE
Aces 6 2 8
Double Faults 5 2 7
1st in 70/96 51/66 121/162
% 1st in 73% 77% 75%
1st pts 54/70 31/51 85/121
% 1st pts 77% 61% 70%
2nd pts 13/26 8/15 21/41
% 2nd pts 50% 53% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/4 5/11 8/15
Converted % 75% 45% 53%
Conceded 8 5 13
Saved 6/8 2/5 8
Saved % 75% 40% 115%
Times Broken 2 3 5

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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