Kamilla Rakhimova and Maria Sakkari will square off in the 1^st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.45
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 2^nd time that Kamilla Rakhimova and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sakkari won 7-6(0) 6-2 in the 2^nd round in at the French Open back in 2020.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Kamilla Rakhimova – French Open 30-September-2020

Kamilla Rakhimova

Ranked no. 62, Rakhimova got to the 1^st round after defeating Jodie Anna Burrage 7-6(8) 6-2 and Rebecca Marino 3-6 6-4 7-5.

In the qualifications against Marino, Rakhimova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5).During the match, Rakhimova scored less points (2) than Marino. In fact, the world no. 62 won 99 points vs Marino’s. That means that Rakhimova was more focused during the important points. Rakhimova was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rakhimova struck 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Kamilla Rakhimova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rakhimova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. Kamilla broke Marino 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rakhimova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points she played.

Rakhimova has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of her matches (238-175). 8-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rakhimova has a compiled110-80 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Rakhimova has a compiled 23-23 win-loss record in 2025, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 72, Sakkari will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 7-5 6-4 to Pegula in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of July.

The Greek has an overall 19-22 win-loss record in 2025, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Greek has an overall 474-318 record. She has a positive 232-164 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maya JointJoint – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Enrique Lopez-Perez/David MarreroLopez-Perez/David Marrero – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (7-6⁵ 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Steve DarcisDarcis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Adam PavlasekPavlasek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin Bonzi
  Bonzi – Alessandro BegaBega (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Peter HellerHeller (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Hugo NysNys (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 5-7 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan LamasineLamasine – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (6-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo ArguelloArguello – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GastonGaston – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Venus WilliamsWilliams – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Taylor TownsendTownsend (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Eva LysLys (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Tatjana MariaMaria (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lulu SunSun – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Maddison InglisInglis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Katie VolynetsVolynets (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ann LiLi – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Emiliana ArangoArango (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-4) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-0) – H2H and prediction