Maria Sakkari and Caroline Dolehide will face off in the final of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Estadio Akron de Tenis. 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 -> 1.194
Caroline Dolehide -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Caroline Dolehide

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

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 9, Sakkari got to the final after defeating Storm Hunter 6-2 6-4, Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-2, Emiliana Arango 6-3 6-4 and Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-0.

In the semifinal, Maria had a good straight sets win against Garcia (6-3 6-0). During the match, Sakkari scored 62 points vs Garcia’s 39. The Greek was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sakkari bagged 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Sakkari was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sakkari broke Garcia 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maria hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points she played.

Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (374-227). 21-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has a composed 177-113 match record in the last years on hard.

Maria’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Washington.

The Greek has a compiled 33-19 win-loss record in 2023, 21-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guadalajara

Caroline Dolehide

Ranked no. 111, Caroline got to the final after defeating Peyton Stearns 6-7¹ 7-6⁵ 7-6², Sachia Vickery 6-3 4-6 6-1, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 6-2, Martina Trevisan 3-6 7-6⁹ 6-3 and Sofia Kenin 7-5 6-3.

In the semifinal, Caroline had a good straight sets win against Kenin (7-5 6-3). During the match Dolehide scored 75 points vs Kenin’s 57. Caroline was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Dolehide struck 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Caroline Dolehide lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dolehide put 74% of her first serves in, winning 78% (40/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kenin 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Caroline has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W25 Boca Raton where she defeated Hailey Baptiste in the final 6-4 6-4 and the W60 Naples where she overcame Yulia Starodubtsewa in the final 7-5 7-5.

Dolehide has a compiled 43-22 win-loss record in 2023, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guadalajara

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sakkari	Dolehide
Match played	4	5
Tot Set	8	13
Tot Games	68	132
Pts	251-169	474-420
Total Points	420	894
Winners	108	233
%Winners	43%	49%

Sakkari played 4 matches while Dolehide competed in 5 matches. At the moment, Caroline Dolehide lost 3 sets while Maria Sakkari hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sakkari has played 5 set(s) less than Dolehide (8 vs 13). Therefore, Sakkari played 64 games less than Dolehide. Maria scored 108 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Dolehide struck 233 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sakkari	Dolehide
Aces	12	29
Avg per match	3	5.8
1st in	145/212	329/480
%1st in	68%	69%
1st pts	108/145	233/329
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	34/67	61/151
%2nd pts	51%	40%

Sakkari recorded 12 aces (3 per match). Dolehide recorded 29 aces (5.8 per match). Sakkari won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Dolehide won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sakkari	Dolehide
Won	17	21
Converted	17/28	21/39
% Converted	61%	54%
Conceded	16	45
Saved	12	32
% Saved	75%	71%
Times Broken	4	13

Sakkari broke her opponents 17 times with a 61% conversion rate. Sakkari surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 21 times with a 54% conversion rate. Caroline conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
	R2 Sanders	R3 Giorgi	1/4 Arango	1/2 Garcia	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-2 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	18	16	19	15	68
pts	66-47	59-34	64-49	62-39	251-169
Total points	113	93	113	101	420
Winners	25	23	34	26	108
%Winners	38%	39%	53%	42%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	0	3	12
Double Faults	1	2	2	4	9
1st in	34/58	32/43	43/57	36/54	145/212
% 1st in	59%	74%	75%	67%	68%
1st pts	25/34	23/32	34/43	26/36	108/145
% 1st pts	74%	72%	79%	72%	74%
2nd pts	13/24	5/11	5/14	11/18	34/67
% 2nd pts	54%	45%	36%	61%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	4	17
Converted	4/5	6/8	3/9	4/6	17/28
Converted %	80%	75%	33%	67%	61%
Conceded	3	4	5	4	16
Saved	2/3	2/4	4/5	4/4	12
Saved %	67%	50%	80%	100%	74%
Times Broken	1	2	1	0	4

Dolehide
	R1 Stearns	R2 Vickery	R3 Alexandrova	1/4 Trevisan	1/2 Kenin	Total
Score	6-71 7-65 7-62	6-3 4-6 6-1	6-1 6-2	3-6 7-69 6-3	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	2	13
Tot Games	39	26	15	31	21	132
pts	126-127	103-94	56-32	114-110	75-57	474-420
Total points	253	197	88	224	132	894
Winners	59	53	24	57	40	233
%Winners	47%	51%	43%	50%	53%	49%
SERVE
Aces	7	12	3	4	3	29
Double Faults	7	9	1	11	7	35
1st in	89/135	80/112	28/43	81/121	51/69	329/480
% 1st in	66%	71%	65%	67%	74%	69%
1st pts	59/89	53/80	24/28	57/81	40/51	233/329
% 1st pts	66%	66%	86%	70%	78%	71%
2nd pts	19/46	12/32	9/15	15/40	6/18	61/151
% 2nd pts	41%	38%	60%	38%	33%	40%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	3	4	21
Converted	5/10	5/6	4/9	3/9	4/5	21/39
Converted %	50%	83%	44%	33%	80%	54%
Conceded	11	13	1	12	8	45
Saved	6/11	11/13	1/1	8/12	6/8	32
Saved %	55%	85%	100%	67%	75%	96%
Times Broken	5	2	0	4	2	13

Tennis Scores in Guadalajara

• Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez – Dragos DimaDima (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction