Maria Sakkari and Emma Raducanu will fight against each other in the 3rd round of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 Emma Raducanu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emma Raducanu is the pick to win this match.
Emma Raducanu -> 1.81
Maria Sakkari -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Emma Raducanu

This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Emma Raducanu fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Raducanu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Raducanu won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.

Highlights Emma Raducanu vs Maria Sakkari – U.S. Open 09-September-2021

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari

23 - 13win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-5
Grass
2-2
Rank
9
High
3
WWLLLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-13 12-6 9-5 0-0 2-2 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, Sakkari reached the 3rd round after beating Mccartney Kessler 6-3 6-1 and Arantxa Rus 7-5 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Sakkari had a good straight sets win against Rus (7-5 6-3). During the match, Sakkari scored 70 points vs Rus’s 53. Maria was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sakkari struck 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maria Sakkari was quite effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of her 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Rus twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points she played.

Sakkari has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (344-225). 2-2 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has an overall 29-21 record in the last years on grass.

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

The Greek has an overall 23-13 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Sakkari's Record

Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu

15 - 9win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-2
Grass
6-2
Rank
135
High
10
WWLWWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-9 5-5 4-2 0-0 6-2 0-0
2023 5-5 5-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 17-19 10-11 6-5 0-1 1-2 0-0
2021 25-9 18-4 0-0 2-2 5-3 0-0
2020 4-2 0-0 0-0 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 135, the Brit got to the 3rd round after defeating Renata Zarazua 7-6(0) 6-3, Elise Mertens 6-1 6-2 and Maria Sakkari .

In the 2nd round, Emma had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-1 6-2). During the match Raducanu scored 58 points vs Mertens’s 38. Emma was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Raducanu scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emma Raducanu was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of her 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Emma broke Mertens 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Nottingham.

Emma has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See her history.

Wimbledon
Raducanu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Sakkari
E.Raducanu
2h:40
2h:40
Time on court​
3h:12
3h:12
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:15
1h:15
2
2
Match played
2
2
37
37
Games Played​
37
37
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
129
129
Total points​
131
131
64.5
64.5
Avg point​
65.5
65.5
48
48
Winners
64
64
24
24
Avg Winners​
32
32
37%
37%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
4
4
5
5
Avg Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
48/59
48/59
1st won total​
64/88
64/88
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
30/55
30/55
2nd won total​
20/35
20/35
55%
55%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
8/11
8/11
BP won
6/16
6/16
4/5.5
4/5.5
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
73%
73%
Won
38%
38%
7
7
Conceded
7
7
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
2
2
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
5
5
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakkari Raducanu
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 37 37
Pts 129-90 131-101
Total Points 219 232
Winners 48 64
%Winners 37% 49%

Both Sakkari and Raducanu played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Raducanu have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (37). Maria scored 48 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Raducanu recorded 64 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakkari Raducanu
Aces 10 4
Avg per match 5 2
1st in 59/114 88/123
%1st in 52% 72%
1st pts 48/59 64/88
%1st pts 81% 73%
2nd pts 30/55 20/35
%2nd pts 55% 57%

Sakkari scored 10 aces (5 per match). Raducanu managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Sakkari won 81% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Raducanu won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sakkari Raducanu
Won 8 6
Converted 8/11 6/16
% Converted 73% 38%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5 6
% Saved 71% 86%
Times Broken 2 1

The Greek broke her opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Emma broke her opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Raducanu conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
R1
Kessler
R2
Rus
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 21 37
pts 59-37 70-53 129-90
Total points 96 123 219
Winners 18 30 48
%Winners 31% 43% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 5 10
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 23/48 36/66 59/114
% 1st in 48% 55% 52%
1st pts 18/23 30/36 48/59
% 1st pts 78% 83% 81%
2nd pts 12/25 18/30 30/55
% 2nd pts 48% 60% 55%
Breaks
Won 6 2 8
Converted 6/8 2/3 8/11
Converted % 75% 67% 73%
Conceded 5 2 7
Saved 3/5 2/2 5
Saved % 60% 100% 80%
Times Broken 2 0 2
Raducanu
R1
Zarazua
R2
Mertens
Total
Score 7-60 6-3 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 15 37
pts 73-63 58-38 131-101
Total points 136 96 232
Winners 37 27 64
%Winners 51% 47% 49%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 4
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 52/74 36/49 88/123
% 1st in 70% 73% 72%
1st pts 37/52 27/36 64/88
% 1st pts 71% 75% 73%
2nd pts 12/22 8/13 20/35
% 2nd pts 55% 62% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/3 4/13 6/16
Converted % 67% 31% 38%
Conceded 5 2 7
Saved 4/5 2/2 6
Saved % 80% 100% 90%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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