Maria Sakkari

[Blackhawk]

Born: July 25, 1995 in Athens

Daughter of Greek tennis player Angeliki Kanellopoulou

 

 

[Blackhawk]

Reached the semifinals of the Wuhan Open in China before losing to Garcia (FRA) 3:6, 2:6.

Currently ranked as # 80, but after this tournament she expected to to be ranked # 50 in the world.

[Guest MrMarouli]

Not recent news but I saw her at the Australian Open this year. Amazing tennis player

 

Edited October 16, 2017 by MrMarouli

[Blackhawk]

# 48 in the latest rankings.

[Dutch Eagle]

Sakkari will be playing today in the final of the 47th Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose. Her opponent is Mihaela Buzarnescu from Romania.

[Dutch Eagle]

Buzarnescu was way too tough for Sakkari: 1-6, 0-6.

[Antaeus7]

Sakkari won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 over Asia Muhammad of the USA

[Antaeus7]

She won the first three rounds in the Volvo Car Open, she will face Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. 

[Antaeus7]

She won her very first WTA title in Rabat, Morocco in the Morocco Open. 
She beat Johanna Konta of Great Britain to claim the title. 

[Antaeus7]

 

[Antaeus7]

She will face Pilskova in the semifinals of the Italian Open 

[Antaeus7]

She is in the semifinals of the J & T Banka Ostrava Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic in pursuit of her second WTA title. 

[Blackhawk]

Easily lost in the semis in the tourney played in the city I grew up at.

[Antaeus7]

Maria Sakkari will face Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open. If she pulls off the upset, she might have a good shot at winning her 2nd WTA title. 

[Antaeus7]

She knocked off Osaka! (6-0, 6-4) 
She clearly dominated this match. Down 4-1 in the 2nd set and fought back to win 5 straight games to finish her off. 

[Antaeus7]

Sakkari beat Swiatek in the semifinals of the Ostrava Open 6-4, 7-5 to play in the finals to pursue a second WTA title. 

[Antaeus7]

She lost to Kontaveit 2-6, 5-7

Never was in the game from the get go. 

[Dutch Eagle]

She is now on a record #6 on the WTA-list!

[Dutch Eagle]

#3 on the WTA-ranking at this moment and probably soon at #2 as number 1 Ashleigh Barty retired and asked to be removed immediately from the ranking. 

[Blackhawk]

After losing in the first round of the Miami this weekend she will likely drop in the rankings.

[Alphonse]

First round?? Bloody hell

[paokarag4]

The previous week she made the final at the Masters at Indian Wells. Slip ups happen and is somewhat understandable especially after her great run the previous week. So not all doom and gloom. 

Maria has had a great couple of years, going deep into Grand Slams. The next challenge for her is to take that next step and really compete with the top 3-4 players and win those semi finals and become a finalist and a potential slam winner. 

I am not sure her game is quite at the level of those very top players but she is a fighter and very tenacious. Hopefully that can help her get over the line in those semis and finals. 

Edited March 29, 2022 by paokarag4

[Blackhawk]

It's all psychological. I think Sakkari and Tsitsipas need to develop the killer instinct. In many instances they start a match great winning the first set, but then go downhill in the next set. It is then harder to pick things up and win the third and deciding sets. They need to start taking their games to the next level and finishing the matches. 

Having said that I think Sakkari has greatly improved in the last 2 years. On the other hand Tsitsipas has not made that much progress.

[Antaeus7]

Sakkari seems to play so well at the Indian Wells Masters
She is in the semifinals after a nice comeback win against Kvitova. 
She wants to return to the finals like last year, but first she has to get by Sabalenka (who is red hot during the 2023 season). 

[Antaeus7]

Sakkari won her second WTA title in 4 years at Guadalajara, Mexico. It's her first MASTERS 1000 title. Granted she didn't play many top players to achieve this title. Her next stop is Tokyo for the Japan Open.