Maria Sakkari and Elina Avanesyan will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. 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.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.124
Elina Avanesyan -> 6.15
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Elina Avanesyan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Nao Hibino 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Hibino (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sakkari scored 60 points vs Hibino’s 40. Sakkari was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari fired 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Hibino 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (325-212). 4-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a compiled 165-109 record in the last years on hard.
Maria has a compiled 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Elina Avanesyan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-20 | 9-9 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-24 | 7-12 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-26 | 11-7 | 25-17 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 0-0 | 48-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 4-2 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Zhuoxuan Bai 4-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Bai, Elina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Avanesyan scored 97 points vs Bai’s 88. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Avanesyan was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 68% of her first serves in, winning 58% (38/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bai 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Elina has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Avanesyan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 |
| Pts | 60-40 | 97-88 |
| Total Points | 100 | 185 |
| Winners | 21 | 38 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Sakkari and Avanesyan played 1 match. At the moment, Elina Avanesyan surrendered 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sakkari has played 1 set(s) less than Avanesyan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sakkari played 13 games less than Avanesyan. Sakkari scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 38 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Avanesyan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 27/54 | 65/95 |
| %1st in | 50% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 38/65 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 13/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 43% |
Sakkari struck 4 aces . Avanesyan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakkari won 78% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Avanesyan won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Avanesyan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 80% | 62% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Greek broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Maria dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Avanesyan broke her opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Elina conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Hibino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 60-40 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/54 | 27/54 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Avanesyan | |||
| R1 Bai | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-88 | 97-88 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/95 | 65/95 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/65 | 38/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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