Maria Sakkari vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 6–3
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Maria Sakkari and Yulia Putintseva have met 4 times since 2016; Maria Sakkari leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Japan Open Tokyo in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Sakkari leads 2–1. Sakkari has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Sakkari has taken 6 sets to Putintseva's 3. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sakkari won at Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sakkari | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sakkari | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 16/24 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 32% | 7/22 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 15/46 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 52% | 12/23 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 11/22 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 4/12 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 76% | 19/25 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 64% | 16/25 | 74% | 23/31 |
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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sakkari 2, Putintseva 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakkari
🤖 Servebot
Putintseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,089 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 22, 2025
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg
G Grass · 1st Round
Aug 24, 2020
Western & Southern Open - New York
H Hard · 2nd Round
Sep 27, 2017
Wuhan
H Hard · Round of 64
Sep 14, 2016
Japan Open Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sakkari | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Maria Sakkari | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 91% | 10/11 |
| 3 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 36% | 4/11 |
| 5 or more | 47% | 7/15 | 9% | 1/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 6–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.10 | 2.07 |
| ROI % | -16.5% | +3.2% |
| Units P/L | -2.47u | +0.38u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sakkari | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 5 | 2 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | SGP → 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
Putintseva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Sakkari's 50%).
| Opponent | Sakkari | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 62 36 46 | W 61 63 |
| Talia Gibson | L 16 64 26 | W 46 64 61 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L 61 67 26 | L 46 26 |
| Qinwen Zheng | L 64 67 46 | L 46 62 16 |
| Zeynep Sonmez | W 63 62 | W 63 67 63 |
| Alina Korneeva | W 61 75 | W 76 46 64 |
| Chi Fan Liu | W 67 63 63 | W 75 62 |
| Claire Liu | W 67 63 63 | W 75 62 |
| Paula Badosa | L 36 46 | L 16 26 |
| Clara Tauson | W 63 63 | L 67 26 |
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
Ashlyn Krueger
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Belinda Bencic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Maya Joint
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Victoria Rodriguez
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 46–56 matches
| Metric | Sakkari | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 55% |
| Sets won | 51% | 56% |
| Games won | 51% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sakkari | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sakkari | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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