Maria Sakkari career statistics

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Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam – – – –
Summer Olympics – – – –
WTA Finals – – – –
WTA 1000 – – – –
WTA Tour 1 3 4 0.25
Total 1 3 4 0.25
Doubles Grand Slam – – – –
Summer Olympics – – – –
WTA Finals – – – –
WTA 1000 – – – –
WTA Tour – – �� –
Total – – – –
Total 1 3 4 0.25
Main article: Maria Sakkari

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari.[1] Sakkari has won one singles title on the WTA Tour at the Morocco Open in 2019, and finished as runner–up at the Premier-level Silicon Valley Classic in 2018. She is also semifinalist of the two Premier 5 tournaments, 2017 Wuhan Open and 2019 Italian Open, as well as quarterfinalist of the Cincinnati Open in 2019 and 2020. At the Grand Slam tournaments, she had round of 16 as her best result at the Australian Open and US Open, both in 2020. She has made ten top-10 wins, including wins over former number one players Serena Williams, Karolína Plíšková and Caroline Wozniacki. Sakkari has achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 in February 2020.

Career achievements[]

Sakkari at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

Sakkari debuted at the WTA Tour in 2015 at the US Open as a qualifier. The following year, she improved both her game and results. She made her debut at the Premier Mandatory level-tournaments at the 2016 Miami Open and also recorded her first Grand Slam win at the Australian Open. That year, she also made her breakthrough into the top 100.

Her first big recognition happened in 2017 at the Wuhan Open, where she produced some good performances. She reached her first mandatory semifinal and also recorded her first top 10 win, defeating world No. 6, Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets.[2] During the year, she also reached three Grand Slam third rounds. This lead her into the top 50 for the first time.

In 2018, she made significant results as well. First, she reached round 16 at the Premier Mandatory-level Indian Wells Open. As No. 58 in the world, on her way to round 16, she defeated three better-ranked players, Donna Vekić, Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe, before losing to eventual champion Naomi Osaka. She followed this with the third round at the Miami Open and later the Istanbul Cup semifinal. At the Italian Open, she defeated Kiki Bertens in the first round and then recorded her second career top-10 win, defeating world No. 5, Karolína Plíšková, in the second round,[3] but later lost to Angelique Kerber. She then reached the third round of the French Open, thus completing third round at the all Grand Slam events. In August, she reached her first WTA singles final at the Silicon Valley Classic, but lost to Mihaela Buzărnescu. In September, she reached the Korea Open semifinals.

Sakkari at the 2021 French Open

In 2019, her first big significant result came at the Charleston Open, where she reached quarterfinals and recorded another top-10 win, defeating world No. 6, Kiki Bertens, before she lost to Caroline Wozniacki.[4] In early May, she won her first WTA singles title at the Morocco Open in Rabat, defeating Johanna Konta in the final.[5] At the Italian Open, she reached her second-career Premier 5 semifinal,[6] where she also defeated world No. 5, Petra Kvitová (retirement in the third set),[7] but later lost to world No. 7, Karolína Plíšková. For the second year in a row, she reached semifinals at the Silicon Valley Classic where she also made another top-10 win over world No. 7, Elina Svitolina.[8] She then continued with improvements, reaching quarterfinal at the Cincinnati Open including two top-10 wins over Kvitová and Aryna Sabalenka, before she lost to world No. 2, Barty.[9] For the first time, she qualified for the year-end championships Elite Trophy, where she finished participation in a round-robin group, after losing to Sabalenka and Elise Mertens.[10]

In the early beginning of 2020, at the Australian Open, Sakkari reached the round of 16 for the first time at the any Grand Slam event. On her way to the round of 16, she defeated two lower ranked players, Margarita Gasparyan and Nao Hibino and then beat world No. 11, Madison Keys, in straight sets,[11] before she lost to world No. 8, Petra Kvitová.[12] She followed this win with another great performance at the Premier-level St. Petersburg Trophy, where she reached the semifinal and also defeated world No. 5, Belinda Bencic.[13] In late February, she debuted in the top 20, getting to her career-high ranking of No. 20. In the second half of the year, Sakkari continued her progress. At the Cincinnati Open, where she reached the quarterfinals for the second year in a row,[14] but also had her first win over Serena Williams.[15] Later, she reached the round of 16 at the US Open, where Serena Williams took her revenge. Sakkari finished the year playing at the Premier-level Ostrava Open where she reached the semifinals and also recorded another top-10 win over Elina Svitolina.[16]

Performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

P = postponed

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[17][18]

Singles[]

Current after the 2022 Qatar Total Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 3R 1R 3R 4R 1R 4R 0 / 7 11–7 61%
French Open A Q1 1R 3R 2R 3R SF 0 / 5 10–5 67%
Wimbledon A 2R 3R 1R 3R NH 2R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
US Open 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 4R SF 0 / 7 13–7 65%
Win–loss 0–1 2–3 6–4 3–4 7–4 8–3 11–4 3–1 0 / 24 40–24 63%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals DNQ NH SF 0 / 1 2–2 50%
WTA Elite Trophy[a] DNQ RR NH 0 / 1 0–2 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A A 1R A 3R 1R SF 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Indian Wells Open A Q1 Q2 4R 1R NH 2R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Miami Open A 1R Q1 3R 2R NH SF 0 / 4 7–4 64%
Madrid Open A Q2 Q2 1R 1R NH 3R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Italian Open A A Q1 3R SF A 2R 0 / 3 7–3 70%
Canadian Open A A A 1R 1R NH 3R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 A 2R QF QF 1R 0 / 4 7–4 64%
Wuhan Open A A SF 1R A NH 0 / 2 4–2 67%
China Open A Q2 A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 12 16 24 22 11 19 4 Career total: 108
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Career total: 4
Hard win–loss 0–1 2–9 9–7 15–17 11–13 18–9 28–15 11–4 0 / 72 91–74 56%
Clay win–loss 0–0 2–2 3–7 7–4 13–5 2–2 9–4 0–0 1 / 25 36–25 59%
Grass win–loss 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 5–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 11 11–11 50%
Overall win–loss 0–1 5–12 16–16 22–24 29–22 20–11 38–20 11–4 1 / 109 141–111 56%
Win (%) 0% 29% 50% 48% 57% 65% 66% 73% Career total: 56%
Year-end ranking[c] 188 89 52 41 23 22 6 $6,009,493

Doubles[]

Current after the 2021 US Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R NH A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 2–6 25%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 3 6 1 3 0 Career total: 15
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–3 4–6 0–1 0–3 0–0 0 / 15 4–15 21%
Year-end ranking 370 609 909 176 194

WTA career finals[]

Sakkari debuted at the WTA Tour in 2015 at the US Open as a qualifier. Since then, she reached four singles finals.[18]

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–3)
International / WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2018 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Premier Hard Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu 1–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 May 2019 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco International Clay United Kingdom Johanna Konta 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Sep 2021 Ostrava Open, Czech Republic WTA 500 Hard (i) Estonia Anett Kontaveit 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Feb 2022 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) Estonia Anett Kontaveit 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 5–7

ITF Circuit finals[]

Sakkari debuted at the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2010 at the $10K event in Mytilene in her homeland Greece. In singles, she has been in 17 finals and won seven of them, while in doubles she has been in nine finals and won five of them. Her biggest title on the ITF Tour was $75K Al Habtoor Challenge in doubles event in November 2015.[19]

Singles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$50,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (6–7)
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 Israel Deniz Khazaniuk 6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Romania Ana Bogdan 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2013 ITF Mytilini, Greece 10,000 Hard Belgium Klaartje Liebens 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Sep 2013 ITF Athens, Greece 10,000 Hard Russia Aminat Kushkova 0–6, 5–7
Loss 0–5 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Czech Republic Pernilla Mendesová 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–5 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion 10,000 Hard Greece Despina Papamichail 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 1–6 May 2014 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Switzerland Conny Perrin 5–7, 1–6
Win 2–6 May 2014 ITF Båstad 10,000 Clay Germany Carolin Daniels 7–5, 6–2
Win 3–6 Jun 2014 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–7 Jun 2014 ITF Toruñ, Poland 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–7 Jul 2014 ITF Tampere, Finland 10,000 Clay Russia Anastasia Pivovarova 6–4, 7–5
Loss 4–8 Aug 2014 ITF Savitaipale, Finland 10,000 Clay Finland Emma Laine 3–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win 5–8 Mar 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Russia Anastasiya Komardina 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–8 Mar 2015 ITF Heraklion 10,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–8 May 2015 ITF Maribor, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Sweden Rebecca Peterson 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7–9 May 2016 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 50,000+H Clay Russia Irina Khromacheva 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 7–10 Jun 2016 ITF Szeged, Hungary 50,000 Clay Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (4–3)
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 Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi Israel Keren Shlomo
Israel Saray Sterenbach 		6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Despina Papamichail Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 		7–6, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1–2 May 2014 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Germany Kim Grajdek Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Switzerland Conny Perrin 		7–5, 6–4
Win 2–2 Jun 2014 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay Australia Alexandra Nancarrow North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Serbia Marina Lazić 		6–3, 6–0
Win 3–2 Jul 2014 ITF Tampere, Finland 10,000 Clay Australia Alexandra Nancarrow Finland Emma Laine
Russia Anastasia Pivovarova 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Aug 2014 ITF Savitaipale, Finland 10,000 Clay Australia Alexandra Nancarrow Finland Emma Laine
Ukraine Diana Bogoliy 		4–6, 6–7
Win 4–3 Sep 2014 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez 		6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 4–4 Aug 2015 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Romania Cristina Dinu
Romania Diana Buzean 		6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 5–4 Nov 2015 ITF Dubai, UAE 75,000 Hard Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay Belgium Elise Mertens
Turkey İpek Soylu 		7–6(8–6), 6–4

WTA Tour career earnings[]

Correct as of 15 November 2021[18]

Year Grand Slam
singles titles		 WTA
singles titles		 Total
singles titles		 Earnings ($) Money list rank
2015 0 0 0 62,248 218
2016 0 0 0 251,192 117
2017 0 0 0 573,742 60
2018 0 0 0 756,233 52
2019 0 1 1 1,060,223 40
2020 0 0 0 784,535 19
2021 0 0 0 2,029,990 10
2022
Career 0 1 1 5,570,609 108

Career Grand Slam statistics[]

Career Grand Slam seedings[]

The tournaments won by Sakkari are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Sakkari are in italics.[18]

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2015 Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play Qualifier
2016 Qualifier Did Not Qualify Qualifier Not Seeded
2017 Not Seeded Not Seeded Not Seeded Not Seeded
2018 Not Seeded Not Seeded Not Seeded 32nd
2019 Not Seeded 29th 31st 30th
2020 22nd 20th Cancelled 15th
2021 20th 17th 15th 17th
2022 5th

Best Grand Slam results details[]

Grand Slam winners are in boldface, and runner–ups in italics.[18]

Australian Open
2020 Australian Open (22nd)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Russia Margarita Gasparyan 100 6–2, 6–2
2R Japan Nao Hibino (Q) 103 7–6(7–4), 6–4
3R United States Madison Keys (10) 11 6–4, 6–4
4R Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (7) 8 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 2–6
2022 Australian Open (5th)
1R Germany Tatjana Maria (PR) 287 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2R China Zheng Qinwen (Q) 108 6–1, 6–4
3R Russia Veronika Kudermetova (28) 32 6–4, 6–1
4R United States Jessica Pegula (21) 21 6–7(0–7), 3–6
French Open
2021 French Open (17th)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Ukraine Katarina Zavatska 129 6–4, 6–1
2R Italy Jasmine Paolini 91 6–2, 6–3
3R Belgium Elise Mertens (14) 15 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–2
4R United States Sofia Kenin (4) 5 6–1, 6–3
QF Poland Iga Świątek (8) 9 6–4, 6–4
SF Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 33 5–7, 6–4, 7–9
Wimbledon Championships
2017 Wimbledon Championships (Unseeded)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 39 6–4, 6–4
2R Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková 44 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
3R United Kingdom Johanna Konta (6) 7 4–6, 1–6
2019 Wimbledon Championships (31st)
1R United States Bernarda Pera 90 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2R Czech Republic Marie Bouzková (LL) 115 6–4, 6–1
3R Ukraine Elina Svitolina (8) 8 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 2–6
US Open
2021 US Open (17th)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 55 6–4, 6–3
2R Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 53 6–4, 6–2
3R Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (10) 11 6–4, 6–3
4R Canada Bianca Andreescu (6) 7 6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3
QF Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (4) 4 6–4, 6–4
SF United Kingdom Emma Raducanu (Q) 150 1–6, 4–6

Head-to-head-records[]

Record against top 10 players[]

Sakkari's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[20]

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Romania Simona Halep 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2021 Moscow
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 2–1 67% 1–0 1–1 – Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2021 US Open
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2021 Doha
United States Serena Williams 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Lost (3–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6) at 2020 US Open
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2019 Charleston
Japan Naomi Osaka 2–3 40% 2–2 – 0–1 Won (6–0, 6–4) at 2021 Miami
United States Venus Williams 1–2 33% 1–1 – 0–1 Won (6–4, 7–6(7–2)) at 2018 San Jose
Germany Angelique Kerber 1–3 25% 1–2 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2021 Cincinnati
Australia Ashleigh Barty 1–4 20% 1–4 – – Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2019 US Open
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)) at 2021 Montréal
Number 2 ranked players
Russia Vera Zvonareva 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2019 Rome
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 4–3 57% 3–2 1–1 – Won (6–3, 6–0) at 2022 Indian Wells
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 2–4 33% 2–4 – – Won (7–6(7–1), 6–7(6–8), 6–3) at 2021 WTA Finals
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (3–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2018 Eastbourne
Number 3 ranked players
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2–2 50% 2–1 – 0–1 Lost (7–5, 3–6, 4–6) at 2020 Summer Olympics
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 0–3 0% 0–1 0–1 – Lost (5–7, 6–4, 7–9) at 2021 French Open
Number 4 ranked players
Switzerland Belinda Bencic 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (2–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2020 St. Petersburg
Italy Francesca Schiavone 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2016 Osprey
Poland Iga Świątek 3–1 75% 2–1 1–0 – Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2022 Doha
Netherlands Kiki Bertens 3–3 50% 1–2 2–1 – Won (7–6(10–8), 6–3) at 2019 Charleston
United States Sofia Kenin 2–2 50% 1–1 1–0 0–1 Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2021 French Open
Canada Bianca Andreescu 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Won (6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3) at 2021 US Open
United Kingdom Johanna Konta 1–3 25% 0–1 1–0 0–2 Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2020 Cincinnati
France Caroline Garcia 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2017 Wuhan
Australia Samantha Stosur 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2018 Dubai
Spain Paula Badosa 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2021 WTA Finals
Number 5 ranked players
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 2–1 67% 2–0 0–1 – Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2021 Ostrava
Number 6 ranked players
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 1–3 25% 0–1 1–2 – Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Madrid
Number 7 ranked players
United States Madison Keys 2–0 100% 2–0 – – Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2021 Doha
Tunisia Ons Jabeur 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 – Won (3–6, 6–3, 6–1) at 2020 Ostrava
Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–7 46% 4–6 2–1 – Lost (7–5, 6–7(4–7), 5–7) at 2022 St. Petersburg
Italy Roberta Vinci 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 0–6) at 2017 Sydney
Number 9 ranked players
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2018 Indian Wells
Germany Andrea Petkovic 3–1 75% – 3–1 – Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2021 Stuttgart
Germany Julia Görges 2–3 40% 1–2 1–0 0–1 Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2020 Doha
Number 10 ranked players
United States Danielle Collins 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (3–6, 7–5, 6–2) at 2018 San Jose
France Kristina Mladenovic 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 – Lost (2–6, 6–0, 3–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Russia Daria Kasatkina 0–3 0% 0–1 0–2 – Lost (4–6, 6–4, 1–6) at 2018 Montreal
Total 52–63 45% 35–42
(45%) 		17–13
(57%) 		0–8
(0%) 		Current after the 2022 Indian Wells 3R

Top-10 wins[]

Sakkari has a 19–19 (50.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Her first top 10 win was over Caroline Wozniacki at the 2017 Wuhan Open and since then Sakkari recorded at least one top 10 win every season. In total, she has 19 top 10 wins. Among her wins, there are former number one players Wozniacki, Karolína Plíšková, Naomi Osaka, and Serena Williams.[21]

Season 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Wins 1 1 5 3 9 19
No. Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MSR
2017
1. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki No. 6 Wuhan Open, China Hard 2R 7–5, 6–3 No. 80
2018
2. Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková No. 5 Italian Open, Italy Clay 2R 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 No. 42
2019
3. Netherlands Kiki Bertens No. 6 Charleston Open, United States Clay 3R 7–6(10–8), 6–3 No. 50
4. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová No. 5 Italian Open, Italy Clay 3R 7–5, 5–7, 4–0 ret. No. 39
5. Ukraine Elina Svitolina No. 7 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Hard QF 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 No. 30
6. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová No. 6 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 No. 33
7. Belarus Aryna Sabalenka No. 9 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 3R 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4 No. 33
2020
8. Switzerland Belinda Bencic No. 5 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia Hard (i) QF 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 No. 21
9. United States Serena Williams No. 9 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 3R 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 No. 21
10. Ukraine Elina Svitolina No. 5 Ostrava Open, Czech Republic Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 6–3 No. 23
2021
11. United States Sofia Kenin No. 4 Abu Dhabi Open, UAE Hard QF 2–6, 6–2, 6–0 No. 22
12. Japan Naomi Osaka No. 2 Miami Open, United States Hard QF 6–0, 6–4 No. 25
13. United States Sofia Kenin No. 5 French Open, France Clay 4R 6–1, 6–3 No. 18
14. Poland Iga Świątek No. 9 French Open, France Clay QF 6–4, 6–4 No. 18
15. Canada Bianca Andreescu No. 7 US Open, United States Hard 4R 6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3 No. 18
16. Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková No. 4 US Open, United States Hard QF 6–4, 6–4 No. 18
17. Poland Iga Świątek No. 6 Ostrava Open, Czech Republic Hard (i) SF 6–4, 7–5 No. 12
18. Poland Iga Świątek No. 9 WTA Finals, Mexico Hard RR 6–2, 6–4 No. 6
19. Belarus Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 WTA Finals, Mexico Hard RR 7–6(7–1), 6–7(6–8), 6–3 No. 6

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)[]

Result Year W–L Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Rank Rd MSR
Win 2011 1–0 ITF Rethymno, Greece 10,000 Hard Germany Sally Dischmann (Q) n/a 1R n/a
Win 2013 2–0 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard Israel Talya Zandberg (WC) n/a 1R No. 620
Win 2013 3–0 ITF Borriol, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Paula Mocete-Talamantes No. 1196 2R No. 584
Win 2014 4–0 ITF Tampere, Finland 10,000 Clay Finland Nanette Nylund (WC) n/a 1R No. 309
Win 2014 5–0 ITF Savitaipale, Finland 10,000 Clay Russia Daria Ponomareva (Q) n/a 1R No. 306
Win 2014 6–0 ITF Savitaipale, Finland 10,000 Clay Latvia Laura Gulbe No. 1221 2R No. 306
Win 2014 7–0 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia 25,000+H Clay Russia Viktoriia Fedorova (WC) n/a 1R No. 291
Win 2015 8–0 ITF Campinas, Brazil 25,000 Clay Russia Alina Silich No. 787 Q1 No. 275
Win 2015 9–0 ITF Campinas, Brazil 25,000 Clay Brazil Carolina Barsante n/a Q2 No. 275
Win 2015 10–0 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Russia Anastasiya Komardina n/a 1R No. 264
Win 2015 11–0 Carlsbad Classic, U.S. WTA 125K Hard United States Brett Berger (WC) n/a 1R No. 182
Win 2016 12–0 Wimbledon, UK Grand Slam Grass Russia Polina Leykina No. 202 Q1 No. 115

Notes[]

  1. ^ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total 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 Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ 2011: WTA ranking–702, 2012: WTA ranking–627, 2013: WTA ranking–610, 2014: WTA ranking–301.

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