H2H, prediction of Elena Rybakina vs Maria Sakkari in Miami with odds, preview, pick | 26th March 2024

PREVIEW. Miami. Rybakina and Sakkari will clash against each other in the quarter of the Miami Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 26th of March

Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Maria Sakkari

Elena Rybakina and Maria Sakkari will square off in the quarter of the Miami Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.35
Maria Sakkari -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-0 6-7(4) 7-6(2) in the R in Cancun back in 2023.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Maria Sakkari – Cancun 31-October-2023

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina

21 - 3win/loss

Hard
21-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
6
High
3
WLLWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-11 23-5 12-2 1-2 6-2 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0
2020 29-10 18-5 7-3 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 4, Rybakina got to the quarter after beating Clara Tauson 3-6 7-5 6-4, Taylor Townsend 6-3 6-73 6-4 and Madison Keys 6-3 7-5.

In the 4th round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Keys (6-3 7-5). During the match, Rybakina scored 71 points vs Keys’s 55. Rybakina was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rybakina bagged 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Elena Rybakina lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 65% of her first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Rybakina broke Keys 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elena has lost 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.

Rybakina has a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (309-135). 20-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has a compiled 147-69 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-0 6-3 and in Abu Dhabi where she beat Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 20-3 win-loss record in 2024, 20-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Rybakina
Miami
Rybakina's Record

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari

12 - 6win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
32
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

Ranked no. 9, the Greek got to the quarter after defeating Yue Yuan 6-2 6-2, Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-4 and Anna Kalinskaya w/o.

In the 4th round, Sakkari defeated Kalinskaya (w/o). During the match Sakkari and Kalinskaya scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 4 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Greek was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

Talking about serving, Sakkari was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Maria Sakkari conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Greek’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Indian Wells.

Sakkari has an overall 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See her history.

Sakkari
Miami
Sakkari's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Rybakina
M.Sakkari
!
6h:15
6h:15
Time on court​
3h:24
3h:24
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
!
2h:05
2h:05
!
3
3
Match played
2
2
84
84
Games Played​
38
38
8
8
Set played​​
4
4
284
284
Total points​
155
155
94.7
94.7
Avg point​
77.5
77.5
121
121
Winners
63
63
40.3
40.3
Avg Winners​
31.5
31.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
27
27
Aces
8
8
9
9
Avg Aces
4
4
9
9
Double Faults
2
2
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
121/160
121/160
1st won total​
63/85
63/85
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
52/112
52/112
2nd won total​
23/47
23/47
46%
46%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
12/32
12/32
BP won
8/17
8/17
4/10.7
4/10.7
Avg BP won
4/8.5
4/8.5
38%
38%
Won
47%
47%
19
19
Conceded
13
13
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
8
8
Broken
2
2
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
1
1
11
11
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rybakina Sakkari
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 8 4
Tot Games 84 38
Pts 284-256 155-123
Total Points 540 278
Winners 121 63
%Winners 43% 41%

Rybakina played 3 matches while Sakkari competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Elena Rybakina surrendered 2 sets while Maria Sakkari hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rybakina has played 4 sets more than Sakkari (8 vs 4). Therefore, Rybakina played 46 games more than Sakkari. Rybakina scored 121 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Maria scored 63 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rybakina Sakkari
Aces 27 8
Avg per match 9 4
1st in 160/272 85/132
%1st in 59% 64%
1st pts 121/160 63/85
%1st pts 76% 74%
2nd pts 52/112 23/47
%2nd pts 46% 49%

Rybakina recorded 27 aces (9 per match). Sakkari managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Rybakina won 76% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rybakina Sakkari
Won 12 8
Converted 12/32 8/17
% Converted 38% 47%
Conceded 19 13
Saved 11 11
% Saved 58% 85%
Times Broken 8 2

Rybakina broke her opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Rybakina conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Maria broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve twice and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
R2
Tauson
R3
Townsend
R4
Keys
Total
Score 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-3 6-73 6-4 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 31 32 21 84
pts 109-104 104-97 71-55 284-256
Total points 213 201 126 540
Winners 41 47 33 121
%Winners 38% 45% 46% 43%
SERVE
Aces 6 16 5 27
Double Faults 5 3 1 9
1st in 59/103 60/106 41/63 160/272
% 1st in 57% 57% 65% 59%
1st pts 41/59 47/60 33/41 121/160
% 1st pts 69% 78% 80% 76%
2nd pts 19/44 22/46 11/22 52/112
% 2nd pts 43% 48% 50% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 4 3 12
Converted 5/14 4/10 3/8 12/32
Converted % 36% 40% 38% 38%
Conceded 10 7 2 19
Saved 5/10 5/7 1/2 11
Saved % 50% 71% 50% 57%
Times Broken 5 2 1 8
Sakkari
R2
Yuan
R3
Yastremska
R4
Kalinskaya
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 7-5 6-4 w/o
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 22 38
pts 65-40 90-83 155-123
Total points 105 173 278
Winners 24 39 63
%Winners 37% 43% 41%
SERVE
Aces 2 6 8
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 30/47 55/85 85/132
% 1st in 64% 65% 64%
1st pts 24/30 39/55 63/85
% 1st pts 80% 71% 74%
2nd pts 9/17 14/30 23/47
% 2nd pts 53% 47% 49%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/9 3/8 8/17
Converted % 56% 38% 47%
Conceded 4 9 13
Saved 3/4 8/9 11
Saved % 75% 89% 55%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rybakina
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Sakkari
LLWWLWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
42 - 11
25 - 16
23-5
Hard
12-7
1-2
I Hard
0-0
12-2
Clay
11-6
6-2
Grass
2-3

Tennis Scores in Miami

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