Maria Sakkari and Barbora Strycova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on PIETRANGELI. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.1
Barbora Strycova -> 6.95

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Barbora Strycova

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Barbora Strycova 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
52
High
3
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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. 8, Sakkari will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Sabalenka in the semifinal on the 4th of May.

Sakkari has a composed 19-9 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Greek’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Australia, Linz, Doha, Indian Wells and Madrid.

Talking about her overall career, The Greek has an overall 411-263 record. She has a positive 162-92 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Rome
Sakkari's Record

Barbora Strycova

Barbora Strycova

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Clay
1-1
Rank
430
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 3-8 0-2 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 5-9 3-5 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2019 20-22 6-13 6-5 0-1 8-3 0-0

Ranked no. 637, Barbora got to the 2nd round after beating Maryna Zanevska 6-1 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Barbora defeated Zanevska (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Strycova scored 78 points vs Zanevska’s 67. Strycova was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Strycova bagged 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Barbora Strycova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Strycova put 74% of her first serves in, winning 55% (33/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Barbora broke Zanevska 8 times after converting 89% of her break points (8/9).

Strycova has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.

Rome
Strycova's Record

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