Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari will square off in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cori Gauff who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.22
Maria Sakkari -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 10th time that Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 7-6(1) 6-2 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2025.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs Maria Sakkari – Indian Wells 10-March-2025
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-18 | 31-10 | 14-5 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-16 | 40-9 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 23-16 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-16 | 16-10 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, Cori got to the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Sofia Kenin 6-0 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-0 6-0). During the match, Gauff scored 49 points vs Kenin’s 18. Gauff was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Cori Gauff conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 71% of her first serves in, winning 84% (21/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Kenin 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Gauff has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (241-104). 12-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has an aggregate142-62 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-4.
The American has an overall 12-4 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-10 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 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. 51, Sakkari reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Sakkari defeated Bronzetti (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Sakkari scored 111 points vs Bronzetti’s 102. Maria was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari bagged 10 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was very effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of her 1st serve and 55% (27/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Greek broke Bronzetti 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
The Greek has an aggregate 6-10 win-loss record in 2025, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 31 |
| Pts | 49-18 | 111-102 |
| Total Points | 67 | 213 |
| Winners | 21 | 44 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Both Gauff and Sakkari played 1 match. At the moment, Maria Sakkari lost 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t lost a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set(s) less than Sakkari (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gauff played 19 games less than Sakkari. The American scored 21 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Sakkari made 44 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 10 |
| 1st in | 25/35 | 59/108 |
| %1st in | 71% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 44/59 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 27/49 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 55% |
Gauff scored 1 ace . Sakkari also struck 10 aces . Gauff won 84% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Gauff broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Maria broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | |||
| R2 Kenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 49-18 | 49-18 | |
| Total points | 67 | 67 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sakkari | |||
| R2 Bronzetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 111-102 | 111-102 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/108 | 59/108 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-4 7-60) – See score progression
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- Elise MertensMertens – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-62 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Donna VekicVekic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
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- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
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- Aziz DougazDougaz – Yuichiro InuiInui (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
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- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Hugo PonticoPontico (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
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- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-4 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandra EalaEala – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Victoria MbokoMboko (7-5 1-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
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