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Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari at the 2015 Carlsbad Classic
Country (sports)Greece
ResidenceAthens, Greece
Born (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 29)
Athens, Greece
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$666,239
Singles
Career record243–156
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 84 (6 March 2017)
Current rankingNo. 90 (24 July 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2017)
French Open1R (2017)
Wimbledon3R (2017)
US Open1R (2015, 2016)
Doubles
Career record47–30
Career titles0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 293 (16 November 2015)
Current rankingNo. 500 (24 July 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–15
Last updated on: 24 July 2017.

Maria Sakkari (Template:Lang-gr; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek tennis player. She made her debut for the Greece Fed Cup team in 2012, and achieved her career high singles ranking of 84 on 6 March 2017. Her highest WTA doubles ranking is world number 293, achieved on November 16, 2015.

Maria Sakkari 2014 Bella Cup

Her mother, Angelikí Kanellopoúlou was also a player on the pro tour.

She has played in various qualifying tournaments for WTA tournaments, including the 2012 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, the 2013 Qatar Total Open, the 2015 Rio Open and the 2016 Brisbane International.

She made her Grand Slam debut at 2015 US Open.

She qualified for her second Grand Slam at the 2016 Australian Open, beating Wang Yafan in the first round before losing to Carla Suárez Navarro in the second.

She won her second match in a WTA tournament at 2016 İstanbul Cup by defeating the no.1 seed Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. After beating Su-Wei Hsieh, she reached her first WTA quarterfinal.

ITF Circuit finals: 26 (12–14)

Singles: 17 (7–10)

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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 24 September 2011 Athens, Greece Clay Israel Deniz Khazaniuk 6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner–up 2. 9 September 2012 Antalya, Turkey Hard Romania Ana Bogdan 3–6, 2–6
Runner–up 3. 14 September 2013 Mytilini, Greece Hard Belgium Klaartje Liebens 1–6, 2–6
Runner–up 4. 29 September 2013 Athens, Greece Hard Russia Aminat Kushkova 0–6, 5–7
Runner–up 5. 20 April 2014 Heraklion, Greece Hard Czech Republic Pernilla Mendesová 2–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 27 April 2014 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Despina Papamichail 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner–up 6. 10 May 2014 Båstad, Sweden Clay Switzerland Conny Perrin 5–7, 1–6
Winner 2. 17 May 2014 Båstad, Sweden Clay Germany Carolin Daniels 7–5, 6–2
Winner 3. 16 June 2014 Niš, Serbia Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up 7. 30 June 2014 Toruń, Poland Clay Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 4–6, 1–6
Winner 4. 27 July 2014 Tampere, Finland Clay Russia Anastasia Pivovarova 6–4, 7–5
Runner–up 8. 4 August 2014 Savitaipale, Finland Clay Finland Emma Laine 3–6, 7–5, 0–6
Winner 5. 23 March 2015 Heraklion, Greece Hard Russia Anastasiya Komardina 6–4, 6–3
Winner 6. 30 March 2015 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 25 May 2015 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Sweden Rebecca Peterson 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Runner–up 9. 9 May 2016 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Russia Irina Khromacheva 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner–up 10. 13 June 2016 Szeged, Hungary Clay Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (3–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. 29 September 2013 Athens, Greece Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi Israel Keren Shlomo
Israel Saray Sterenbach
6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Runner–up 2. 19 April 2014 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Despina Papamichail Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
7–6, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner 1. 10 May 2014 Båstad, Sweden Clay Germany Kim Grajdek Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Switzerland Conny Perrin
7–5, 6–4
Winner 2. 20 June 2014 Nis, Serbia Clay Australia Alexandra Nancarrow North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Serbia Marina Lazic
6–3, 6–0
Winner 3. 26 July 2014 Tampere, Finland Clay Australia Alexandra Nancarrow Finland Emma Laine
Russia Anastasia Pivovarova
6–2, 6–3
Runner–up 3. 4 August 2014 Savitaipale, Finland Clay Australia Alexandra Nancarrow Finland Emma Laine
Ukraine Diana Bogoliy
4–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 19 September 2014 Madrid, Spain Hard Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez
6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up 4. 3 August 2015 Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Romania Cristina Dinu
Romania Diana Buzean
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 5. 14 November 2015 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay Belgium Elise Mertens
Turkey İpek Soylu
7–6(8–6), 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 3R 3–2
French Open A Q1 1R 0–1
Wimbledon A 2R 3R 3–2
US Open 1R 1R 0–2
Win–Loss 0–1 2–3 4–3 6–7

References