Mirra Andreeva vs Maria Sakkari Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Another tough test for Andreeva

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Andrew Hendrie 20 Jan 2026

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Mirra Andreeva vs Maria Sakkari predictions for Wednesday's Australian Open R2
Sakkari has covered a +5.5 games line in every AO match since 2020
Andreeva looking to build on five-match winning streak after taking Adelaide title
The match is scheduled to start around 7.00pm AEDT on Wednesday January 21

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Mirra Andreeva (Photo by Getty Images)

Mirra Andreeva vs Maria Sakkari Tips, Prediction & Live Stream

Eighth seed Mirra Andreeva continues her pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam title when she comes up against former top 10 star Maria Sakkari in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday night.

Mirra Andreeva vs Maria Sakkari Tips, Prediction & Live Stream
Andreeva vs Sakkari Stats & Trends
Andreeva vs Sakkari Head To Head
Mirra Andreeva Form Analysis
Maria Sakkari Form Analysis
Andreeva vs Sakkari Live Stream

Andreeva will face a former Grand Slam semi-finalist for the second straight match this Australian Open after surviving the challenge of Donna Vekic in her opening clash. Andreeva weathered an early storm and recovered from a one-set deficit to overcome the big-serving Croatian, extending her winning streak to five matches after picking up the Adelaide title last week. Meanwhile, Sakkari is looking to get back to her best tennis after a couple of very disappointing seasons and this represents a great chance for the Greek to make an impact and test herself against one of the game's elite.

Sakkari very rarely gets crushed in Melbourne - in fact, the last time she failed to cover a +5.5 games line at the Australian Open was in 2020. Andreeva remains under a lot of pressure as arguably the game's brightest young prospect - and delivering on that potential and expectation at slams remains a work in progress. I'm backing a similar outcome to Andreeva's first match, with Sakkari putting up a good fight, but the Russian digging deep and emerging victorious in three.

Andreeva vs Sakkari Stats & Trends

Andreeva is on a five-match winning streak
Sakkari has covered a +5.5 games line in her last 16 Australian Open matches
Andreeva has failed to cover a -5.5 games line in five of her last seven Australian Open matches
Andreeva dropped a set vs Vekic in her AO R1
Sakkari has lost 11 of her last 12 matches against Australian Open matches

Andreeva vs Sakkari Head To Head

This will be the first career meeting between the pair.

Mirra Andreeva Form Analysis

2026 Record: 7-1
2025 Record: 40-16
Australian Open Record: 7-2
Grand Slam Record: 29-11
Current Ranking: No. 7
Career-High Ranking: No. 5 (2025)

Andreeva demonstrated last season that her ceiling is already high enough to overwhelm the very best on the WTA Tour, registering statement victories over Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina during WTA 1000 title runs in Dubai and Indian Wells.

The defining question as she enters 2026 is consistency. Replicating that elite standard on a weekly basis remains the final step, but if she manages it, contention for major honours becomes a genuine chance rather than an aspiration.

The 18-year-old’s progress slowed in the latter stages of 2025, with patchy form and injury disruptions costing her a place in the WTA Finals singles field and limiting her to just four match wins after Wimbledon.

She has responded emphatically to start the new season, reaching the quarter-finals in Brisbane before delivering a dominant Adelaide title run last week, dropping no more than three games in any set and dispatching Maya Joint, Diana Shnaider and Victoria Mboko along the way.

Andreeva was tasked with a tough assignment in her Australian Open first round against former Wimbledon semi-finalist Donna Vekic, but she managed to recover from a set down and win the last seven games of the match for a 4-6 6-3 6-0 triumph.

Maria Sakkari Form Analysis

2026 Record: 3-2
2025 Record: 20-27
Australian Open Record: 15-10
Grand Slam Record: 53-39
Current Ranking: No. 53
Career-High Ranking: No. 3 (2022)

It has been a challenging period for Sakkari, whose standing on the tour has slipped sharply after years as a consistent top-10 presence, leaving her fighting to stabilise her ranking outside the top 50.

Sakkari finished 2025 with a losing win–loss record and, at one stage, faced the genuine prospect of falling out of the top 100 altogether.

A run to the round of 16 in Madrid, a third-round appearance at the US Open and a quarter-final showing in Washington provided some late-season relief, allowing her to close the year ranked close to the top 50. Even so, the Greek remains some distance from the level that once defined her best years.

It's been a promising start for Sakkari to start 2026 - she conquered Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu in the United Cup, while she was fairly dominant in a 6-4 6-2 victory over Leolia JeanJean in her Australian Open first round.

Andreeva vs Sakkari Live Stream

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Verdict

Mirra Andreeva v Maria Sakkari

Sakkari is always competitive at the Australian Open and Andreeva is under a lot of pressure to perform - I'm backing the Greek to keep this one fairly close, but the Adelaide champion should still prevail.