Maria Sakkari demolishes Marina Stakusic 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Charleston on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to deal with Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Charleston
Sakkari's Record

Sakkari added to her prize money $ 1,575 after winning this match. She has already won $ 7,975 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 4,925 to her earnings to get in total $ 12,900 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Marina Stakusic Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Stakusic
6-3 6-2
1h:30
62
62
Total points
45
45
23
23
Winners
15
15
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
65%
65%
1st in
61%
61%
70%
70%
1st won
44%
44%
23/33
23/33
1st won
15/34
15/34
33%
33%
2nd won
36%
36%
6/18
6/18
2nd won
8/22
8/22
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
3/4
3/4
55%
55%
Won
75%
75%
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At the end of the match, Maria scored 62 points vs. Marina’s 45.

Sakkari

Sakkari was effective at converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Stakusic

On the other side, Stakusic was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Stakusic is 1-0 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Sakkari will face Zheng in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Qinwen Zheng play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Zheng won 7-62 6-3 in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

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

Sakkari took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Marina Stakusic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Maria managed to stage a great comeback to break the Canadian 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Stakusic couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-3 to 6-3.

The Greek converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40), the 5th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Marina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 62 points. Sakkari conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Stakusic (36-26). Maria surrendered 14 points on serve (17-14). In addition, on the other side, Marina conceded 19 points on serve (12-19).

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

Sakkari in this set played at a much higher level than Stakusic and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Marina in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Canadian was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2

to 6-2.

Maria converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Stakusic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).

They contested 45 points. Sakkari conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Marina (26-19). The Greek lost 8 points on serve (12-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Stakusic conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).

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

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