Maria Sakkari grounds Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Saturday after playing an impressive match to fight against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sakkari's Record

Sakkari added to her prize money € 36,775 after winning this match. She has already won € 88,440 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add € 73,515 to her earnings to get in total € 161,955 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Sloane Stephens Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Stephens
6-1 6-3
1h:03
54
54
Total points
32
32
20
20
Winners
16
16
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
58%
58%
1st in
83%
83%
77%
77%
1st won
47%
47%
20/26
20/26
1st won
16/34
16/34
58%
58%
2nd won
29%
29%
11/19
11/19
2nd won
2/7
2/7
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
1/3
1/3
71%
71%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 54 points vs. Stephens’s 32.

Sakkari

Maria served extremely well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (11/19) on her second serve. Sakkari was well focused in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).

Stephens

On the other side, the American was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sakkari and Stephens is 2-0 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats

Sakkari will compete against Haddad Maia in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Beatriz Haddad Maia face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Haddad Maia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Haddad Maia won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Nottingham back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sakkari 6-1
SakkariStephens
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariStephens
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariStephens
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SakkariStephens
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SakkariStephens
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SakkariStephens
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SakkariStephens
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
SakkariStephens
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Sakkari was far too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Stephens 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

The American was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Maria was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). On the other side, Sakkari didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. The Greek won 18 points more than Stephens (30-12). Maria dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

2nd Set -
Sakkari 6-3
SakkariStephens
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SakkariStephens
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SakkariStephens
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SakkariStephens
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SakkariStephens
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SakkariStephens
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariStephens
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SakkariStephens
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A

Sakkari won the set after she broke the American in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Sloane was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3

to 6-3.

Maria converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 44 points. Sakkari conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Sloane (24-20). Maria dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). On the other side, the American conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

1st
Sakkari
Stephens
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Sakkari
Stephens
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-3 6-3)
  • Maria SakkariSakkari – Sloane StephensStephens (6-1 6-3)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 6-1)
  • Ons JabeurJabeur – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-5 2-6 6-4)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 6-1)
  • Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (7-60 6-3)
  • Madison KeysKeys – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-3)
  • Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 6-4)

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