Maria Sakkari vs Serena WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 3–3
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
15wMaria Sakkari and Serena Williams have met 2 times since 2020; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Western & Southern Open - New York in 2020 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Sakkari has taken 3 sets to Williams's 3. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at U.S. Open - New York (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sakkari | Williams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sakkari | Serena Williams | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 16/24 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 32% | 7/22 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 15/46 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 52% | 12/23 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 11/22 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 4/12 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 76% | 19/25 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sakkari 0, Williams 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Williams
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Sep 7, 2020
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 4th Round
Aug 25, 2020
Western & Southern Open - New York
H Hard · 3rd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.10 | - |
| ROI % | -16.5% | - |
| Units P/L | -2.47u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
Maya Joint
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Ajla Tomljanovic
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 2
Anett Kontaveit
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 31
Danka Kovinic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Emma Raducanu
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 10
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 8
Harmony Tan
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–46 matches
| Metric | Sakkari | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 0% |
| Sets won | 51% | 33% |
| Games won | 51% | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sakkari | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sakkari | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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