Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari (Greek: Μαρία Σάκκαρη, pronounced [maˈri.a ˈsakari]; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of No. 20 on 24 February 2020. Her highest WTA doubles ranking is No. 169, achieved on 9 September 2019.

Maria Sakkari, 2014 Bella Cup
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Greece
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995
Athens, Greece
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachThomas Johansson (2017–18)
Mark Petchey (2018)
Tom Hill (2018–)
Prize moneyUS$ 3,089,822 (171)
Singles
Career record316–215 (59.5%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 20 (24 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 20 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2020)
French Open3R (2018)
Wimbledon3R (2017, 2019)
US Open3R (2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record51–40 (56.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 169 (9 September 2019)
Current rankingNo. 182 (16 March 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–18
Hopman CupRR (2019)
Last updated on: 31 March 2020.

Early and personal life

Sakkari was born in Athens in 1995 to former top 50 tennis player Angelikí Kanellopoúlou and Konstantinos Sakkaris. She has two siblings: brother Yannis and sister Amanda. She was introduced to tennis at age 6 and moved to Barcelona at age 18 in order to train. Growing up, her favourite players were Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Sakkari currently resides in Monte Carlo.[1]

Professional career

Maria Sakkari made her debut for the Greece Fed Cup team in 2012, and has a Fed Cup win-loss record of 12–18 to date.

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2015 US Open.

2016–2017: First Premier semifinal and top 10 win

Sakkari won her second match in a WTA tournament at the Istanbul Cup by defeating the top seed Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. After beating Hsieh Su-wei, she reached her first WTA quarterfinal. She reached her first WTA semifinal at the Wuhan Open by beating Caroline Wozniacki, Elena Vesnina and Alizé Cornet, losing to Caroline Garcia. This success propelled her into the top 50 of the WTA rankings.

In 2017 she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the Australian Open, and reached the same stage at Wimbledon and the US Open, where she defeated the seeded Kiki Bertens but was eliminated by Venus Williams.

2018: First WTA final and top-30 debut

Sakkari started 2018 season with four-first round losses, against Danka Kovinic in Shenzhen, Katerina Siniakova at Australian Open, Julia Gorges in St. Petersburg, and Sorana Cirstea in Doha. In Acapulco she reached her first win of the 2018 season, defeating Lara Arruabarrena in first round, but in second round she lost against Stefanie Vogele. At the (Indian Wells, United States) Sakkari managed to beat Donna Vekic, 16th seed Ashleigh Barty and 17th seed CoCo Vandeweghe, respectively. She lost in fourth round to eventual champion Naomi Osaka. At the (Miami, United States) she defeated Aleksandra Krunic and 28th seed Anett Kontaveit and reached the third round where she lost to Monica Puig.

Sakkari started her clay-court season by reaching her first semifinal in 2018 in (Istanbul, Turkey) where she beat Cagla Buyukakcay, Aleksandra Krunic and Arantxa Rus, respectively, before losing to Polona Hercog. She then lost in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open to Kiki Bertens. Her next tournament was the Italian Open, where she avenged her Madrid exit by beating Bertens in first round, and then in second round made her second win against a top-ten player by beating Karolína Plíšková. She lost in the third round to Angelique Kerber. At the French Open, she reached third round after defeating Mandy Minella and Carla Suarez Navarro and then she completed third rounds at all of Grand Slams.

Sakkari lost all of her matches at grass-court season. She was defeated by Julia Gorges at the Birmingham Classic ,Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Eastbourne International , and by Sofia Kenin at Wimbledon.

Sakkari reached her first WTA final at the (San Jose, United States) beating Christina Mchale, Timea Babos, third seed Venus Williams, Danielle Collins before losing the title to Mihaela Buzarnescu. On 6 August, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 31.

2019: First WTA title and five top-ten wins

Sakkari won her first WTA title in Rabat, defeating Johanna Konta in the final.[2]

Sakkari qualified for the Premier-5 Italian Open in Rome, reaching the semifinals, but lost to the eventual champion Karolína Plíšková.[3]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

P = postponed

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments[4]
Australian Open A 2R 3R 1R 3R 4R 0 / 5 8–5 62%
French Open A Q1 1R 3R 2R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon A 2R 3R 1R 3R NH 0 / 4 5–4 56%
US Open 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Win–Loss 0–1 2–3 6–4 3–4 7–4 3–1 0 / 17 21–17 55%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy Did Not Qualify RR 0 /1 0–2 0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A Q1 Q2 4R 1R P 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Miami Open A 1R Q1 3R 2R P 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Madrid Open A Q2 Q2 1R 1R P 0 / 2 0–2 0%
China Open A Q2 A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[1] A A A 1R A 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A A Q1 3R SF P 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Canadian Open A A A 1R 1R P 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 A 2R QF 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Wuhan Open A A SF 1R A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Career statistics[5]
Tournaments 1 12 16 24 22 6 Career total: 81
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Hard Win–Loss 0–1 2–9 9–7 15–17 11–13 9–6 0 / 52 46–53 46%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 2–2 3–7 7–4 13–5 0–0 1 / 19 25–18 58%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 5–4 0–0 0 / 10 10–10 50%
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 5–12 16–16 22–24 29–22 9–6 1 / 81 81–81 50%
Win (%) 0% 29% 50% 48% 57% 60% Career total: 50%
Year-end ranking[2] 188 89 52 41 23 $3,089,822

Notes

  • 1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
  • 2 2011: WTA Ranking–702,
    2012: WTA Ranking–627,
    2013: WTA Ranking–610,
    2014: WTA Ranking–301.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2018 Silicon Valley Classic, Unites States Premier Hard Mihaela Buzărnescu 1–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 May 2019 Morocco Open, Morocco International Clay Johanna Konta 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2011 ITF Athens, Greece 10,000 Clay Deniz Khazaniuk 6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ana Bogdan 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2013 ITF Mytilini, Greece 10,000 Hard Klaartje Liebens 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Sep 2013 ITF Athens, Greece 10,000 Hard Aminat Kushkova 0–6, 5–7
Loss 0–5 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Pernilla Mendesová 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–5 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Despina Papamichail 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 1–6 May 2014 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Conny Perrin 5–7, 1–6
Win 2–6 May 2014 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Carolin Daniels 7–5, 6–2
Win 3–6 Jun 2014 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay Dea Herdželaš 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–7 Jun 2014 ITF Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Barbora Krejčíková 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–7 Jul 2014 ITF Tampere, Finland 10,000 Clay Anastasia Pivovarova 6–4, 7–5
Loss 4–8 Aug 2014 ITF Savitaipale, Finland 10,000 Clay Emma Laine 3–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win 5–8 Mar 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Anastasiya Komardina 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–8 Mar 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–8 May 2015 ITF Maribor, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Rebecca Peterson 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7–9 May 2016 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 50,000+H Clay Irina Khromacheva 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 7–10 Jun 2016 ITF Szeged, Hungary 50,000 Clay Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2013 ITF Athens, Greece 10,000 Hard Lee Pei-chi Keren Shlomo
Saray Sterenbach		 6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Despina Papamichail Natela Dzalamidze
Valentini Grammatikopoulou		 7–6, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1–2 May 2014 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Kim Grajdek Dea Herdželaš
Conny Perrin		 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–2 Jun 2014 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay Alexandra Nancarrow Lina Gjorcheska
Marina Lazić		 6–3, 6–0
Win 3–2 Jul 2014 ITF Tampere, Finland 10,000 Clay Alexandra Nancarrow Emma Laine
Anastasia Pivovarova		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Aug 2014 ITF Savitaipale, Finland 10,000 Clay Alexandra Nancarrow Emma Laine
Diana Bogoliy		 4–6, 6–7
Win 4–3 Sep 2014 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Inés Ferrer Suárez Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Lucía Cervera Vázquez		 6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 4–4 Aug 2015 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Despina Papamichail Cristina Dinu
Diana Buzean		 6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 5–4 Nov 2015 ITF Dubai, UAE 75,000 Hard Çağla Büyükakçay Elise Mertens
İpek Soylu		 7–6(8–6), 6–4

Top 10 wins
Season 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total
Wins 1 1 5 1 8
No. Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MSR
2017
1. Caroline Wozniacki No. 6 Wuhan Open, China Hard 2R 7–5, 6–3 No. 80
2018
2. Karolína Plíšková No. 5 Italian Open, Italy Clay 2R 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 No. 42
2019
3. Kiki Bertens No. 6 Charleston Open, United States Clay 3R 7–6(10–8), 6–3 No. 50
4. Petra Kvitová No. 5 Rome Masters, Italy Clay 3R 7–5, 5–7, 4–0 ret. No. 39
5. Elina Svitolina No. 7 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Hard QF 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 No. 30
6. Petra Kvitová No. 6 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 No. 33
7. Aryna Sabalenka No. 9 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 3R 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4 No. 33
2020
8. Belinda Bencic No. 5 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia Hard (i) QF 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 No. 21

References
  1. admin (2018-07-16). "Maria Sakkari". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  2. "Sakkari slides past Konta to claim first WTA crown in Rabat". WTA Tennis. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. "'I never felt great, but maybe that helped me': Pliskova ends Sakkari run, faces Konta in Rome final". WTA Tennis. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. "Grand Slam performances - Singles & Doubles".
  5. "Player & Career overview".
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