Maria Sakkari is an international professional Greek tennis team player. She achieved her high-career singles of No.20 in February 2020. Besides, her WTA doubles highest ranking is No. 176 on 4 November 2019.
Maria Sakkari played in the 2023 Qatar Total Open as the fifth seed. She reached the quarterfinals after defeating Zheng Qinwen and Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first and second rounds, respectively. In a tough match, she defeated Caroline Garcia, who was ranked No. 5 and seeded third, in the quarterfinals. However, she lost to second seed Jessica Pegula in the semifinals.
Maria Sakkari’s Salary and Net Worth
She was born in Athens, Greece and her net worth is $100,000 – $1M (USD).
Sakkari played against Sloane Stephens at the Toronto Open 2022 in the 2nd round and she won the tournament on (6, 4, 6 and 2, 6, 2). Now, see here the highlights on 10th August 2022.
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Sakkari’s age and height
Sakkari’s height is 5 feet 8 inches or 1.73m. She was born on 25 July 1995. From this birth date, her present age is 28 years old.
Her husband or boyfriend
She didn’t marry but, she has a boyfriend named Stefanos Tsitsipas. Stefanos Tstsipas is also a tennis player. Currently, she is dating Tsitsipas while coyly adding “One never knows what the future will carry”.
Sakkari’s tennis ranking, weight, family, biography, tennis career, and more
| Sakkari's biography, career, age, ranking, height, and more | |
|---|---|
| Her height, weight, age, family, biography, parents, tennis career details and more | |
| Full or real name | Maria Sakkari |
| Nick name | Sakkari |
| Profession | women's tennis player |
| Height in cm and m | 173cm and 1.73m |
| Height in feet inches | 1995-07-25 00:00:00 |
| his weight in Kg (approx) | 62 Kg |
| Weight in IBS | 165 Ibs |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Hazel |
| hair Style | Big hair |
| Body fitness | 34-13-36 |
| Date of birth | 1995-07-25 00:00:00 |
| age | 28 years (as of 2023) |
| Birth place | Athens, Greece |
| Religion | Unknown |
| Nationality | Greece |
| High school | Unknown |
| College | Unknown |
| His Tennis career, Grand Slam and details | |
| Terned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| National team | Greece |
| Coach | Thomas Johansson (2017–18), Mark Petchey (2018), Tom Hill (2018–) |
| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Career time | 2012-present |
| Career records (Singles) | 308–211 (59.3%) |
| career record doubles | 51–39 (56.7% |
| Career titles (singless) | 1 WTA, 7 ITF |
| Career titles (Doubles) | 5 ITF |
| Grand Slam Singles Results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2020) |
| French Open | 3R (2018) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2017, 2019) |
| US Open | 3R (2017, 2019) |
| Rankings | |
| Highest ranking (singles) | No. 20 (24 February 2020) |
| Current Rankings (singles) | No. 20 (24 February 2020) |
| Grand Slam Doubles Results | |
| Australian Open | N/A |
| French Open | N/A |
| Wimbledon | N/A |
| US Open | N/A |
| Highest Ranking (doubles) | No. 176 (4 November 2019) |
| Current Ranking (Doubles) | No. 177 (20 January 2020) |
| Hopman Cup | RR (2019) |
| Fed Cup | 2020-12-18 00:00:00 |
| Her father, mother, salary, wife, family and more | |
| Salary | 100000 |
| Net worth | $1 million |
| father name | Kostas Sakkaris |
| mother name | Angeliki Kanellopoulou |
| brother | Yannis |
| Sister | Amanda (tennis player) |
| Marital status | Unmarried |
| husband | N/A |
| Marriage date | N/A |
| children | N/A |
| boyfriend | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
| Boyfriend profession | He is also tennis player |
| twitter address | Twitter open |
| Hobbies | Tennis, swimming |
| Does he like smoke | Unknown |
| Does he drinking alcohol | Not known |
| Favourite animals | Unknown |
| Favourite animals | Cat |
| Favourite colors | Blue and White |
| Favourite games | UFC and tennis |
| Favorite Tennis player | Novak Djokovic |
| Best Destination | New York City |
Maria Sakkari’s tennis record and more
Sakkari made her career debut in the Greece Fed Cup in 2012. She made her career Grand Slam debut at the US Open in 2015. Sakkari reached her 1st WTA semifinal at the Wuhan Open by beating Elena Vesnina, Caroline Wozniacki, and Cornet, losing to Carolina Garcia.
She played the French Open 2021 live match with got a good score.
She started her clay-court season in 2018 by reaching her first semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey. And then she lost in the first round of the Mutua Madrid to Kiki Bertens respectively, earlier losing to Polona Hercog.
After that she was defeated by Julia Gorges at the Birmingham Classic, Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Eastbourne International, and at Wimbledon by Sofia Kenin.
Her latest career news
Sakkari reached the semifinals defeating Aryna Sabalenka for the WTA Finals 2021 in three sets.
She played against Marta Kostyuk at the Guadalajara Open 2022 and won the tournament on (4, 4 and 6, 6) on 20th October 2022. You may watch the highlights here.
Already, she was selected to play Australian Open 2023 as an international Greek tennis WTA player.
Maria Sakkari is currently participating in the 2023 Qatar Total Open in Doha, Qatar. She holds the fifth seed in this tournament. In the first round, she emerged victorious against the talented young player from China, Zheng Qinwen.
Moving forward to the second round, she faced off against Ekaterina Alexandrova and secured another win. These victories propelled her to reach the quarterfinals. In a challenging match, Maria managed to defeat Caroline Garcia, who was ranked fifth in the world and held the third seed in this tournament. However, her journey came to an end in the semifinals when she was defeated by Jessica Pegula, who held the second seed.
Her Latest career news
During August 2023, Sakkari advanced to the championship match of the Washington Open by defeating the number one seed, Jessica Pegula, in the semifinals. Unfortunately, she was unable to secure a victory in the final and lost to Coco Gauff in two consecutive sets.
She achieved her third WTA 1000 quarterfinal of the season by defeating Camila Giorgi after being seeded second at the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron.
Sakkari emerged victorious in the final against Caroline Dolehide, securing her second career title, a remarkable feat achieved four and a half years after her initial triumph. Additionally, this victory put an end to her six-match losing streak in tour-level finals. Notably, this significant win also marked Sakkari’s first WTA 1000 title, making her the first Greek female tennis player to achieve such a milestone.
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