Andrea Petkovic vs Maria Sakkari — Madrid Qualifying Round 2

Madrid · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
GER
Andrea Petkovic
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 May 2017
clay
Maria Sakkari
GRE
Maria Sakkari
#37WTA
1812ELO
1754Clay ELO
$901kYTD
$15MCAREER
30 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWWLLLWWL
Petkovic A.
6-2 7-6
Sakkari M.
Petkovic A.
6772
Sakkari M.
262–

Andrea Petkovic defeated Maria Sakkari 6-2 7-6 in the Madrid qualifying round 2 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Maria Sakkari came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Andrea Petkovic claimed a first win over Maria Sakkari in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-04-19StuttgartR32clayMaria Sakkari6-2 6-2
2019-04-01CharlestonR32clayMaria Sakkari6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Petkovic A.serving46% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Sakkari M.

Sakkari M.serving51% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Petkovic A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Petkovic A.Sakkari M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
55%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
52%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.8
3.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.7
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Petkovic A.Sakkari M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
48
81
Break points saved·Dominant
39
94
Break points won·Slight edge
76
87
Deciding sets·Even
73
77
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
74
85

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Petkovic A.Sakkari M.
Freshness·
—
81

Sakkari M.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 19 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Parmentier P.
Alexandrova E.
6-26-1
Larsson J.
Brady J.
6-26-0
Vekic D.
Rogers S.
7-641-0
Petkovic A.
Sakkari M.
6-27-62
Wang Q.
Rodina E.
6-26-2
Dodin O.
Soler Espinosa S.
2-66-36-2
Duque Marino M.
Kontaveit A.
6-36-3
Zheng S.
Ozaki R.
6-46-4
Q1
Alexandrova E.
Pironkova T.
6-27-5
Parmentier P.
Errani S.
2-66-26-2
Ozaki R.
Badosa P.
6-32-66-2
Zheng S.
Muhammad A.
6-36-4
Duque Marino M.
Hibino N.
6-42-66-3
Kontaveit A.
Boserup J.
6-36-2
Rogers S.
Mattek Sands B.
6-36-2
Vekic D.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-23-0
Sakkari M.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-12-66-4
Petkovic A.
Han X.
6-46-1
Larsson J.
Sasnovich A.
6-46-4
Brady J.
Bogdan A.
7-657-60
Soler Espinosa S.
Linette M.
6-42-66-1
Dodin O.
Bondarenko K.
7-617-5
Rodina E.
Flipkens K.
7-57-5
Wang Q.
Flink V.
6-06-4