H2H, prediction of Jessica Pegula vs Maria Sakkari in Adelaide with odds, preview, pick | 8th January 2025

PREVIEW. Adelaide. Pegula and Sakkari will square off in the 2nd round of the Adelaide International. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 8th of January

Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari

Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari will face off in the 2nd round of the Adelaide International for the 11th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 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 Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.35
Maria Sakkari -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 11th time that Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 5-5 (see full H2H stats), 5-4 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pegula won 6-3 6-2 in the R in Cancun back in 2023.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Maria Sakkari – Cancun 02-November-2023

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula

39 - 16win/loss

Hard
29-9
I Hard
0-2
Clay
4-2
Grass
6-3
Rank
7
High
3
LLLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-16 29-9 4-2 0-2 6-3 0-0
2023 59-18 45-12 8-4 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 42-21 28-15 11-4 1-1 2-1 0-0
2021 39-19 29-12 6-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2020 17-9 16-7 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 7, the American will start her run in Adelaide after she played her last match in Riyadh where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Krejcikova in the round robin on the 5th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about her overall career, Pegula has an overall 433-246 record. She has a positive 251-126 record on hard.

Previously in Adelaide

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See her history.

Pegula
Adelaide
Pegula's Record

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari

2 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
32
High
3
WLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 25-17 12-8 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

Ranked no. 32, Sakkari got to the 2nd round after defeating Saisai Zheng 6-2 4-0 ret. and Linda Noskova 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Noskova (6-3 6-3). During the match Sakkari scored 63 points vs Noskova’s 52. The Greek was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakkari managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Maria Sakkari conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 67% of her first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Noskova 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Sakkari has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2022. See her history.

Sakkari
Adelaide
Sakkari's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Pegula
Sakkari
WLWLL
2025 2024 2023
0 - 0
2 - 3
0-0
Hard
2-3

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