Yulia Putintseva vs Maria Sakkari | Preview, H2H & Win Probability

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Toray Pan Pacific Open - TokyoR32HardTue 27 Oct · 01:30 UTC

Yulia PutintsevaWTA #66 · KAZ38%

VSSlight edge · Sakkari M.

Maria SakkariWTA #31 · GRE62%

Win probabilityWho is more likely to winSlight edge · Sakkari M.

38%62%

Sakkari M. favoured, but within the range where form on the day decides.

Umpiry ScoreMatchup strength, 0–10 · not a probability

Putintseva Y.6.3/10

Marginal edge

Sakkari M.6.3/10

Marginal edge

Why

Surface+38 Hard Elo edgeSupports Sakkari M.

Overall ratingOverall Elo 1812Supports Sakkari M.

Recent run2-match win streakAgainst the prediction · Putintseva Y.

Head-to-headTrails 1–2 on hardInformative

This eventDidn't play here last yearBoth players

ELO1 877

Hard ELO1 792

Last 107–3

Age31

Height163 cm

PlaysRight

EarningsCareer $10.6M2026 $1.0M

ELO1 943

Hard ELO1 820

Last 106–4

Age31

Height172 cm

PlaysRight

EarningsCareer $15.3M2026 $1.6M

Yulia Putintseva faces Maria Sakkari in the Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo round of 32 on hard. Maria Sakkari holds the paper edge — ranked #31, leading the head-to-head 3–1, a roughly 40-point hard Elo advantage. Recent hard form is closely matched.

Key context

Freshness: Workload contrast: Yulia Putintseva 127 games in 14 days, Maria Sakkari 88.
Serve & return: Maria Sakkari brings the bigger serve (Serve Rating 52), Yulia Putintseva the stronger return game (Return Rating 64).
Last match: Yulia Putintseva dropped the opening set before beating Sayaka Ishii 4–6 6–2 6–3.

Common opponents

10 shared · last 12 months

Putintseva Y. and Sakkari M. faced 10 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Putintseva Y. went 6–6 (50%) against them, Sakkari M. 6–6 (50%). Results against comparable opponents are close (3 : 2 better-results split).

6–650%Putintseva Y. · better vs 3Record vs common opponents6–650%Sakkari M. · better vs 2

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

14–15Sets14–12

135–137Games119–112

1–3Tiebreaks0–0

3–2Deciding sets1–1

vs Rybakina E.#1L3-6 3-6Miami · hardL4-6 1-6Rome · clay
vs Kostyuk M.#10L1-6 3-6Madrid · clayW4-6 6-2 6-2Wuhan · hard
vs Zheng Q.#22L4-6 6-2 1-6US Open · hardL6-4 4-6Nottingham · grass

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vs Gibson T.#42W4-6 6-4 6-1Roland Garros · clayL1-6 6-4 2-6Singapore · hard
vs Tauson C.#54L6-7 2-6Indian Wells · hardW6-3 6-3Wimbledon · grass
vs Badosa P.#61W6-4 6-2Indian Wells · hardL3-6 4-6Charleston · clay
vs Sonmez Z.#63W6-3 6-7 6-3Australian Open · hardW6-1 6-3Doha · hard
vs Parks A.#64W6-2 6-2Ningbo Open - Ningbo · hardW6-4 6-3Athens · hard
vs Maria T.#69L4-6 4-6Wimbledon · grassL3-6 3-6London · grass
vs Liu C.#95W7-5 6-2Iasi · clayW6-3 6-3Roland Garros · clay

Head-to-head

4 meetings · Sakkari M. leads 3–1

Grass: Sakkari M. leads 1–0 · Hard: Sakkari M. leads 2–1

Sakkari M.June 2025Bad HomburgGrass7-5 7-6
Sakkari M.August 2020CincinnatiHard6-4 7-6
Sakkari M.September 2017WuhanHard1-6 6-4 6-2
Putintseva Y.September 2016Japan Open TokyoHard6-4 6-3

Evidence

Putintseva Y.Sakkari M.

FormLast 10 matches each · 2026

Win–loss7–36–4

Season win rate58% (33–24)55% (26–21)

RatingUmpiry ELO

Overall ELO18771943

Hard-court ELO17921820

Serve vs returnLast 53 vs 47 matches

1st-serve points won60%65%

Return points won46%43%

Aces / match1.33.0

ClutchLast 53 vs 47 matches

Break points saved54%58%

Draw

Odds

Freshness

Last 7 & 14 days

Putintseva Y.Sakkari M.

1Days since last match9

3Matches · 7 days0

61Games · 7 days0

6Matches · 14 days4

127Games · 14 days88

Green marks the fresher player.

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Umpiry, "Yulia Putintseva vs Maria Sakkari — Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo Round of 32", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-27/putintseva-vs-sakkari-toray-pan-pacific-open-tokyo-r32?utm_source=cite (as of 27 October 2026).