Maria Sakkari and Anhelina Kalinina will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.35
Anhelina Kalinina -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Anhelina Kalinina
This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Anhelina Kalinina face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sakkari and Kalinina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sakkari won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2023.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Anhelina Kalinina – Indian Wells 12-March-2023
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, the Greek got to the 3rd round after defeating Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-2 6-2). During the match, Sakkari scored 68 points vs Gracheva’s 46. Sakkari was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Maria Sakkari conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 56% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Gracheva 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (341-221). 8-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has an overall 119-71 record in the last years on clay.
Sakkari’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Indian Wells.
Sakkari has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Anhelina Kalinina
12 - 12win/loss
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LLLWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-24 | 8-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-25 | 18-16 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 8-10 | 8-5 | 13-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-15 | 5-6 | 31-4 | 9-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Anhelina got to the 3rd round after beating Lesya Tsurenko 2-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Tsurenko, Kalinina had a free pass after Tsurenko retired on a 2-0 . scoreline.
Anhelina’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Austin and Rouen.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 12-12 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Kalinina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 2 |
| Pts | 68-46 | 9-4 |
| Total Points | 114 | 13 |
| Winners | 23 | 2 |
| %Winners | 34% | 22% |
Both Sakkari and Kalinina played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Kalinina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sakkari played 14 games more than Kalinina. Sakkari scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Anhelina managed to score 2 winners (22%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Kalinina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 3/8 |
| %1st in | 56% | 38% |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 2/3 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 3/5 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 60% |
Sakkari recorded 3 aces . Kalinina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakkari won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kalinina won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Kalinina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 44% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Greek broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Sakkari was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Ukrainian broke her opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Ukrainian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sakkari | |||
| R2 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 68-46 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 34/61 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kalinina | |||
| R2 Tsurenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 2 | 2 | |
| pts | 9-4 | 9-4 | |
| Total points | 13 | 13 | |
| Winners | 2 | 2 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| % 1st in | 38% | 38% | |
| 1st pts | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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