Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit — Madrid Round of 32

Madrid · WTA · Round of 32
Maria Sakkari
GRE16
Maria Sakkari
#43WTA
1812ELO
1754Clay ELO
$901kYTD
$15MCAREER
30 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Thursday, 29 April 2021
clay
EST
Anett Kontaveit
30 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLWWW
Sakkari M.
6-3 6-1
Kontaveit A.
Sakkari M.
662
Kontaveit A.
310

Maria Sakkari defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-1 in the Madrid round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Anett Kontaveit came in leading the head-to-head 6–4, but Maria Sakkari had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 5 on clay. Maria Sakkari narrowed the head-to-head to 6–5.

Key context

Head to head

4–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-02-07St. PetersburgFhardAnett Kontaveit5-7 7-6(4) 7-5
2021-11-10Guadalajara FinalsSFhardAnett Kontaveit6-1 3-6 6-3
2021-09-20OstravaFhardAnett Kontaveit6-2 7-5
2021-07-24Tokyo OlympicsR64hardMaria Sakkari7-5 6-2
2021-02-03Grampians TrophySFhardAnett Kontaveit2-6 6-3 [11-9]
2019-05-13RomeR32clayMaria Sakkari6-3 6-2
2018-08-13CincinnatiR32hardAnett Kontaveit6-1 6-3
2018-03-19MiamiR64hardMaria Sakkari6-4 6-1
2017-01-16Australian OpenR128hardMaria Sakkari6-0 6-4
2016-07-11GstaadR32clayAnett Kontaveit7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Sakkari M.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Kontaveit A.

Kontaveit A.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Sakkari M.

Serve advantage — Kontaveit A.

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
Sakkari M.Kontaveit A.
1st serve in·Even
60%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
59%
60%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Even
3.5
3.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.5
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 117). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sakkari M.Kontaveit A.
Clutch Rating·Even
81
82
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
85
Break points won·Even
87
91
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
90
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
83
77

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

Freshness

Recent load
Sakkari M.Kontaveit A.
Freshness·
90
—

Sakkari M.: 8 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
14°CDrizzle
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 84%

Draw

Final
Sabalenka A.[5]
Barty A.[1]
6-03-66-4
Semi-finals
Barty A.[1]
Badosa P.
6-46-3
Sabalenka A.[5]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Sabalenka A.[5]
Mertens E.[13]
6-14-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Muchova K.
7-647-62
Barty A.[1]
Kvitova P.[9]
6-13-66-3
Badosa P.
Bencic B.[8]
6-47-5
R16
Mertens E.[13]
Halep S.[3]
4-67-57-5
Bencic B.[8]
Jabeur O.
7-624-3
Barty A.[1]
Swiatek I.[14]
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Brady J.[11]
7-56-786-3
Sabalenka A.[5]
Pegula J.
6-16-2
Muchova K.
Sakkari M.[16]
6-06-797-5
Kvitova P.[9]
Kudermetova V.
6-34-66-4
Badosa P.
Sevastova A.
6-707-636-0
R32
Badosa P.
Teichmann J.
5-76-16-2
Sabalenka A.[5]
Kasatkina D.
6-36-3
Mertens E.[13]
Rybakina E.
7-647-5
Halep S.[3]
Zheng S.
6-06-4
Pegula J.
Azarenka V.[12]
W/O
Sakkari M.[16]
Kontaveit A.
6-36-1
Muchova K.
Osaka N.[2]
6-43-66-1
Barty A.[1]
Zidansek T.
6-41-66-3
Swiatek I.[14]
Siegemund L.
6-36-3
Sevastova A.
Konta J.[15]
6-36-3
Jabeur O.
Stephens S.
4-66-16-3
Brady J.[11]
Ostapenko J.
6-26-1
Kvitova P.[9]
Kerber A.
6-47-5
Bencic B.[8]
Pera B.
3-66-17-65
Kudermetova V.
Bertens K.[7]
6-46-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Pliskova K.[6]
6-07-5
R64
Kvitova P.[9]
Bouzkova M.
6-22-3
Kudermetova V.
Vesnina E.
6-16-4
Mertens E.[13]
Zhang S.
6-36-3
Sabalenka A.[5]
Zvonareva V.
6-16-2
Pegula J.
Cirstea S.
7-656-3
Azarenka V.[12]
Alexandrova E.
7-53-66-1
Rybakina E.
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-0
Ostapenko J.
Hercog P.
6-36-1
Pliskova K.[6]
Gauff C.
5-76-36-2
Siegemund L.
Baindl K.
6-46-2
Pera B.
Martic P.
6-36-2
Kerber A.
Vondrousova M.
7-656-1
Barty A.[1]
Rogers S.
6-26-1
Bertens K.[7]
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
6-46-0
Badosa P.
Krejcikova B.
6-17-5
Sevastova A.
Bogdan A.
6-06-3
Stephens S.
Kovinic D.
6-46-1
Teichmann J.
Svitolina E.[4]
2-66-47-65
Bencic B.[8]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-2
Zheng S.
Linette M.
6-23-66-1
Halep S.[3]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-07-5
Sakkari M.[16]
Anisimova A.
0-66-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Keys M.
7-56-2
Kontaveit A.
Stojanovic N.
7-647-5
Muchova K.
Wang Q.
6-16-3
Osaka N.[2]
Doi M.
7-56-2
Kasatkina D.
Begu I.
4-66-47-61
Jabeur O.
Shvedova Y.
6-26-3
Swiatek I.[14]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-16-1
Zidansek T.
Hsieh S.
6-26-4
Konta J.[15]
Putintseva Y.
6-46-2
Brady J.[11]
Williams V.
6-26-4