Maria Sakkari and Karolina Muchova will face off in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on PORSCHE COURT. 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 Karolina Muchova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.7
Maria Sakkari -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Muchova
This will be the 5th time that Maria Sakkari and Karolina Muchova play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), but Sakkari has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Muchova won 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in May 2023.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs Maria Sakkari – French Open 28-May-2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFo4yAZbX7Y
Maria Sakkari
| 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 |
Ranked no. 8, Maria got to the 3rd round after defeating Sorana Cirstea 2-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Cirstea, Sakkari recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Sakkari scored 106 points vs Cirstea’s 99. Sakkari was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 64% of her first serves in, winning 72% (46/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Cirstea 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (369-224). 16-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has an overall 172-110 match record in the last years on hard.
Maria’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Washington.
Maria has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2023, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Karolina Muchova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-7 | 15-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-13 | 28-9 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-12 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-9 | 10-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, the Czech reached the 3rd round after defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-73 6-1 6-4 and Petra Martic 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Muchova defeated Martic (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Muchova scored 99 points vs Martic’s 90. Karolina was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Muchova struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Karolina Muchova lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Muchova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Martic 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Muchova has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in at the French Open .
The Czech has a compiled 30-11 win-loss record in 2023, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 57 |
| Pts | 106-99 | 204-182 |
| Total Points | 205 | 386 |
| Winners | 46 | 73 |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% |
Sakkari played 1 match while Muchova competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Sakkari conceded 1 set, while Karolina Muchova conceded 2 sets. Sakkari has played 3 set(s) less than Muchova (3 vs 6). Therefore, Sakkari played 28 games less than Muchova. The Greek scored 46 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Karolina struck 73 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 64/100 | 110/181 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 73/110 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 43/71 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 61% |
Sakkari bagged 4 aces . Muchova managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sakkari won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Muchova won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 10/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 37% |
| Conceded | 11 | 15 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 64% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Maria broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Greek surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Karolina broke her opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Muchova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R2 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 106-99 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/100 | 64/100 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Muchova | ||||
| R1 Haddad Maia |
R2 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 27 | 57 | |
| pts | 105-92 | 99-90 | 204-182 | |
| Total points | 197 | 189 | 386 | |
| Winners | 38 | 35 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/85 | 55/96 | 110/181 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/55 | 35/55 | 73/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 26/41 | 43/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 3/10 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 30% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 7/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 78% | 128% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-72 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Venus WilliamsWilliams (1-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ann LiLi (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-76 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Mayar SherifSherif (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-72 7-62) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Robin HaaseHaase (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-72 6-1) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Venus WilliamsWilliams (1-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Mayar SherifSherif (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ann LiLi (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jessica PegulaPegula (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Donna VekicVekic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-3) – H2H and prediction
