Danka Kovinic vs Maria SakkariPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇲🇪Danka Kovinic
#868 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
8w5 meetings · sets 4–8
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Danka Kovinic and Maria Sakkari have met 5 times since 2016; Maria Sakkari leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Istanbul in 2016 on clay. On clay courts Sakkari leads 3–1. Sakkari has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kovinic has taken 4 sets to Sakkari's 8. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sakkari won at Olympics - Paris (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kovinic | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Danka Kovinic | Maria Sakkari | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 1/3 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 1/7 | 32% | 7/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 3/10 | 33% | 15/46 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 52% | 12/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 3/8 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 76% | 19/25 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 25% | 1/4 | 64% | 16/25 |
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: 3 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kovinic 0, Sakkari 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovinic
💥 Big Hitter
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jul 28, 2024
Olympics - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Oct 1, 2022
Parma Ladies Open - Parma
C Clay · Semifinals
Jan 3, 2018
Shenzhen
H Hard · Round of 32
Apr 26, 2017
Istanbul
C Clay · Round of 32
Apr 22, 2016
Istanbul
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kovinic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 8–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 2.17 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -19.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -2.69u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kovinic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | — | SGP → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sofya Lansere
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 19
Martha Matoula
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Julia Riera
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Noemi Basiletti
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 1st Round
Jul 14
Lisa Pigato
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 1st Round
Jul 1
Marie Vogt
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 30
Tena Lukas
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Miriam Bianca Bulgaru
Internazionali Femminili - Brescia · 1st Round
Jun 16
Elina Svitolina
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Storm Hunter
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Talia Gibson
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Nao Hibino
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Linda Fruhvirtova
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Yuliia Starodubtseva
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Robin Montgomery
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Iga Swiatek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 10–46 matches
| Metric | Kovinic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 30% | 52% |
| Sets won | 30% | 51% |
| Games won | 42% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kovinic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kovinic | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 3 |
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