Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari will represent team Greece in the newly minted United Cup. The ATP and WTA tour had the brilliant idea of starting a joint competition similar to the Hopman Cup. Tennis players will represent their nations. The competition will see 18 teams facing each other in a round-robin format. Each tie will have two men’s and women’s singles and one mixed double.
Stefanos and Maria had a lot of fun a few years ago playing together in the Hopman Cup and they have again the chance to partner together. Team Greece will be opposed to France, Belgium, Croatia, Argentina, and a team that still needs to be named. They will play in Perth and the competition will start from the 29th of December to the 8th of January.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022
Ranked world no.3 (career-high), Tsitsipas played his last match on the 5th of November when he lost to world no.8 Novak Djokovic 6-2 3-6 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Paris (draw).
This year the Greek has managed to achieve a 58-22 win-loss record. Stefanos clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Monte-Carlo and Mallorca. The Greek got to the final in Rotterdam, in Rome, in Cincinnati, in Astana and in Stockholm.
Maria Sakkari in 2022
Now ranked no.6, Maria played her last match on the 6th of November when she was overcome by world no.4 Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Fort Worth (draw).
This season Maria owns a composed 40-23 win-loss record. Maria Sakkari’s most significant result of this season was getting to the final in St. Petersburg, Indian Wells, Parma and Guadalajara.
