Maria Sakkari vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 6–5
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Maria Sakkari and Sofia Kenin have met 4 times since 2018; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon in 2018 on grass. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Sakkari has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Sakkari has taken 6 sets to Kenin's 5. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sakkari won at French Open - Paris (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sakkari | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sakkari | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 16/24 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 32% | 7/22 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 15/46 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 52% | 12/23 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 11/22 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 4/12 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 76% | 19/25 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 64% | 16/25 | 40% | 6/15 |
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: 1 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sakkari 1, Kenin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Maria Sakkari.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 7, 2021
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 4th Round
Jan 11, 2021
Abu Dhabi Tennis Open - Abu Dhabi
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Aug 29, 2018
US Open
H Hard · Round of 64
Jul 3, 2018
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 128
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sakkari | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Maria Sakkari | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 12/14 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 79% | 11/14 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 7/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–6 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.17 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | -19.2% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | -2.69u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 5 | 3 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | POR → ROU → CZE |
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
Sakkari has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Kenin's 0%).
| Opponent | Sakkari | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Kamilla Rakhimova | W 62 57 61 | L 06 36 |
| Clara Tauson | W 63 63 | L 67 26 |
| Qinwen Zheng | L 64 67 46 | L 61 36 36 |
| Peyton Stearns | L 36 16 | L 36 36 |
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
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–46 matches
| Metric | Sakkari | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 27% |
| Sets won | 51% | 35% |
| Games won | 51% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sakkari | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sakkari | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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