Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkaris

Maria Sakkari at the 2015 Carlsbad Classic
Country (sports)	Greece
Residence	Athens, Greece
Born	25 July 1995 Athens, Greece
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 365,886
Singles
Career record	226–138
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 89 (31 October 2016)
Current ranking	No. 97 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
US Open	1R (2015, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	45–28
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	293 (16 November 2015)
Current ranking	822 (28 November 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–15
Last updated on: 28 November 2016.

Maria Sakkaris (Greek: Μαρία Σάκκαρη; 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 89 on 31 October 2016. Her highest WTA doubles ranking is world number 293, achieved on November 16, 2015.

Her mother - Angelikí Kanellopoúlou-Sakkaris - also played 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: 15 (7–10)

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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	Deniz Khazaniuk	6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	2.	9 September 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ana Bogdan	3–6, 2–6
Runner–up	3.	14 September 2013	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Klaartje Liebens	1–6, 2–6
Runner–up	4.	29 September 2013	Athens, Greece	Hard	Aminat Kushkova	0–6, 5–7
Runner–up	5.	20 April 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Pernilla Mendesová	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	27 April 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Despina Papamichail	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner–up	6.	10 May 2014	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Conny Perrin	5–7, 1–6
Winner	2.	17 May 2014	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Carolin Daniels	7–5, 6–2
Winner	3.	16 June 2014	Niš, Serbia	Clay	Dea Herdželaš	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	7.	30 June 2014	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	27 July 2014	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	8.	4 August 2014	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Emma Laine	3–6, 7–5, 0–6
Winner	5.	23 March 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Anastasiya Komardina	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	30 March 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–2, 6–2
Winner	7.	25 May 2015	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Rebecca Peterson	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	9.	9 May 2016	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 1–6
Runner–up	10.	13 June 2016	Szeged, Hungary	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–4, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

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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	Lee Pei-chi	Keren Shlomo Saray Sterenbach	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Runner–up	2.	19 April 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Natela Dzalamidze Valentini Grammatikopoulou	7–6, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	1.	10 May 2014	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Kim Grajdek	Dea Herdželaš Conny Perrin	7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	20 June 2014	Nis, Serbia	Clay	Alexandra Nancarrow	Lina Gjorcheska Marina Lazic	6–3, 6–0
Winner	3.	26 July 2014	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Alexandra Nancarrow	Emma Laine Anastasia Pivovarova	6–2, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	4 August 2014	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Alexandra Nancarrow	Emma Laine Diana Bogoliy	4–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	19 September 2014	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cervera Vázquez	6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	4.	3 August 2015	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Despina Papamichail	Cristina Dinu Diana Buzean	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	5.	14 November 2015	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	Elise Mertens İpek Soylu	7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

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

References

• Maria Sakkari at the International Tennis Federation
• Maria Sakkari at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Sakkari at the Fed Cup