Elena Rybakina vs Maria SakkariPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#1 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
7 meetings · sets 12–5

🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Elena Rybakina and Maria Sakkari have met 7 times since 2020; Elena Rybakina leads 6–1. Their first meeting came at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Rybakina leads 4–1. Rybakina has won the last 5 meetings. Across all meetings Rybakina has taken 12 sets to Sakkari's 5. Their most recent meeting: Elena Rybakina won at Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rybakina | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Rybakina | Maria Sakkari | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 40/60 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 58% | 7/12 | 32% | 7/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 27/72 | 33% | 15/46 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 61% | 39/64 | 52% | 12/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 75% | 6/8 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 47/51 | 76% | 19/25 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 40/51 | 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: 4 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rybakina 3, Sakkari 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rybakina
🤖 Servebot
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Elena Rybakina and Maria Sakkari are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,080 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
May 8, 2026
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 2nd Round
Jul 3, 2025
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 2nd Round
Dec 29, 2024
United Cup
H Hard · Round Robin
Mar 26, 2024
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Oct 31, 2023
WTA Finals - Cancun
H Hard · Round Robin
Mar 17, 2022
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 15, 2020
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg
H Hard · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rybakina | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Rybakina | Maria Sakkari | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 16/16 | 86% | 12/14 |
| 3 or more | 94% | 15/16 | 79% | 11/14 |
| 5 or more | 88% | 14/16 | 50% | 7/14 |
| 10 or more | 31% | 5/16 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 15 or more | 13% | 2/16 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | 8–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.47 | 2.17 |
| ROI % | +28.5% | -19.2% |
| Units P/L | +4.85u | -2.69u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 1 | 5 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | ROU | 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Rybakina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Sakkari's 10%).
| Opponent | Rybakina | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Elina Svitolina | L 62 46 46 | L 46 57 |
| Talia Gibson | W 62 62 | L 16 64 26 |
| Coco Gauff | W 36 64 64 | L 16 46 |
| Qinwen Zheng | W 36 61 64 | L 64 67 46 |
| Naomi Osaka | W 61 64 | W 64 62 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 76 63 | L 61 67 26 |
| Iga Swiatek | L | L 64 16 16 |
| Daria Kasatkina | W 63 57 64 | L 67 46 |
| Jasmine Paolini | W 63 62 | L 16 26 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 67 75 60 | L 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aryna Sabalenka
U.S. Open - New York · Final
Sep 12
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals
Sep 11
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Naomi Osaka
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Yuliia Starodubtseva
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Thea Frodin
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
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 · 46–72 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 83% | 52% |
| Sets won | 74% | 51% |
| Games won | 58% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rybakina | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA Finals | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rybakina | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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