Arantxa Rus vs Maria SakkariPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#203 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
6 meetings · sets 1–12
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#33 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Arantxa Rus and Maria Sakkari have met 6 times since 2018; Maria Sakkari leads 6–0. Their first meeting came at Istanbul in 2018 on clay. On clay courts Sakkari leads 3–0. On grass courts Sakkari leads 2–0. Sakkari has won the last 6 meetings. Across all meetings Rus has taken 1 sets to Sakkari's 12. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sakkari won at Wimbledon - London (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rus | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Arantxa Rus | Maria Sakkari | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 20/30 | 62% | 13/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 37% | 11/30 | 23% | 5/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 21/60 | 30% | 13/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 18/39 | 45% | 9/20 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 6/16 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 38% | 5/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 25/32 | 77% | 17/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 63% | 20/32 | 59% | 13/22 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 5 of 6 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rus 0, Sakkari 5).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rus
🏹 Frontrunner
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 749 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
6 career meetings, newest first
Jul 3, 2024
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 2nd Round
Apr 27, 2023
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 2nd Round
Sep 28, 2022
Parma Ladies Open - Parma
C Clay · 2nd Round
Jun 29, 2021
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 1st Round
Mar 26, 2021
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round
Apr 27, 2018
Istanbul
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rus | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Arantxa Rus | Maria Sakkari | ||
| 1 or more | 62% | 8/13 | 86% | 12/14 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 64% | 9/14 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 43% | 6/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 7% | 1/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rus | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–8 | 8–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.06 | 2.26 |
| ROI % | -37.5% | -8.9% |
| Units P/L | -4.87u | -1.25u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 4 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | GBR → ESP → ITA | CAN → POL |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Rus and Sakkari posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Rus | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Maja Chwalinska | L 46 06 | L 61 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Britt Du Pree
W35 Vigo · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Anna Kubareva
W35 Vigo · 1st Round
Aug 12
Oceane Dodin
W75 Ourense · 1st Round
Aug 4
Dominika Salkova
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Isabella Maria Serban
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Marina Bassols Ribera
Generali Open Ladies - Kitzbuhel · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Iga Swiatek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Kamilla Rakhimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Coco Gauff
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Zeynep Sonmez
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Barbora Krejcikova
Athens Open - Athens · Final
Jul 19
Alina Korneeva
Athens Open - Athens · Semifinals
Jul 18
Alycia Parks
Athens Open - Athens · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Harriet Dart
Athens Open - Athens · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 43–60 matches
| Metric | Rus | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 49% |
| Sets won | 50% | 47% |
| Games won | 52% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rus | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rus | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 3 |
| Grass | 0 | 2 |
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