Maria Sakkari vs Coco Gauff — Doha Quarter-final

Doha · WTA · Quarter-final
Maria Sakkari
GRE6
Maria Sakkari
#43WTA
1812ELO
1796Hard ELO
$901kYTD
$15MCAREER
30 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2022
hard
Coco Gauff
USA14
Coco Gauff
#7WTA
2071ELO
2035Hard ELO
$2.9MYTD
$33MCAREER
22 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWLLWW
Sakkari M.
6-3 6-3
Gauff C.
Sakkari M.
662
Gauff C.
330

Maria Sakkari defeated Coco Gauff 6-3 6-3 in the Doha quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Coco Gauff came in ranked #7, leading the head-to-head 6–4, but Maria Sakkari had arrived on a 3-match winning run. Maria Sakkari narrowed the head-to-head to 6–5.

Key context

Head to head

4–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-01-05United CupQFhardCoco Gauff6-3 6-2
2025-03-18MiamiR32hardCoco Gauff6-2 6-4
2025-03-05Indian WellsR32hardCoco Gauff7-6(1) 6-2
2024-03-06Indian WellsSFhardMaria Sakkari6-4 6-7(5) 6-2
2023-10-02BeijingQFhardCoco Gauff6-2 6-4
2023-07-31WashingtonFhardCoco Gauff6-2 6-3
2022-05-09RomeR16clayMaria Sakkari6-4 7-5
2021-05-10RomeR32clayCoco Gauff6-1 1-6 6-1
2021-01-06Abu DhabiR32hardMaria Sakkari7-5 6-2
2020-08-24CincinnatiR64hardMaria Sakkari6-1 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Sakkari M.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Gauff C.

Gauff C.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Sakkari M.

Serve advantage — Gauff C.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Sakkari M.Gauff C.
24
Serve
25
39
Return
100

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Sakkari M.Gauff C.
1st serve in·Even
60%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
44%
Service points won·Even
59%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Break points saved·Even
60%
56%
Aces / match·Even
3.5
3.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
5.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sakkari M.Gauff C.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
81
99
Break points saved·Even
94
96
Break points won·Clear edge
87
100
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
100
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
83
99

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Sakkari M.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry Score
Gauff C.
7.0
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
2.1Hard Elo 1796
Surface ELO
7.9+239 Hard Elo edge
1.9Overall Elo 1812
ELO gap
8.1Overall Elo 2071
10.0
H2H
0.0
7.3
Surface form
4.7
7.03-match win streak
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
3.1
Minutes 14d
9.1
4.0
3-set count
4.0
Prev. match
8.0
Context
7.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Sakkari M.Gauff C.
Freshness·Dominant
90
60

Sakkari M.: 8 days rest · 3 matches (14d) · Gauff C.: 3 days rest · 3 matches, 85 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 34 km/hHumidity 28%

Draw

Final
Swiatek I.[7]
Kontaveit A.[4]
6-26-0
Semi-finals
Swiatek I.[7]
Sakkari M.[6]
6-46-3
Kontaveit A.[4]
Ostapenko J.[15]
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Swiatek I.[7]
Sabalenka A.[1]
6-26-3
Sakkari M.[6]
Gauff C.[14]
6-36-3
Ostapenko J.[15]
Muguruza G.[5]
6-26-2
Kontaveit A.[4]
Jabeur O.[8]
6-46-1
R16
Sabalenka A.[1]
Teichmann J.
6-26-1
Swiatek I.[7]
Kasatkina D.
6-36-0
Gauff C.[14]
Badosa P.[3]
6-26-3
Kontaveit A.[4]
Mertens E.[16]
6-30-66-2
Ostapenko J.[15]
Krejcikova B.[2]
6-36-2
Jabeur O.[8]
Martincova T.
6-13-66-3
Muguruza G.[5]
Brengle M.
6-06-2
Sakkari M.[6]
Pegula J.[9]
6-47-5
R32
Sabalenka A.[1]
Cornet A.
6-26-2
Mertens E.[16]
Kvitova P.
7-51-2
Brengle M.
Azarenka V.[12]
W/O
Swiatek I.[7]
Golubic V.
6-23-66-2
Gauff C.[14]
Garcia C.
6-27-63
Pegula J.[9]
Juvan K.
6-36-3
Sakkari M.[6]
Li A.
6-36-3
Jabeur O.[8]
Sasnovich A.
1-67-56-3
Muguruza G.[5]
Cirstea S.
7-646-1
Ostapenko J.[15]
Anisimova A.
6-34-66-4
Kasatkina D.
Cristian J.
2-62-2
Kontaveit A.[4]
Konjuh A.
6-26-3
Badosa P.[3]
Tauson C.
6-16-2
Martincova T.
Rus A.
6-26-4
Krejcikova B.[2]
Linette M.
6-16-3
Teichmann J.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-697-5
R64
Van Uytvanck A.
Zvonareva V.
6-46-4
Teichmann J.
Kerber A.[13]
4-66-36-2
Cristian J.
Rybakina E.[11]
6-46-3
Kasatkina D.
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-746-2
Golubic V.
Petkovic A.
6-46-4
Pegula J.[9]
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Rus A.
Kudermetova V.
7-656-4
Martincova T.
Svitolina E.[10]
6-727-57-65
Mertens E.[16]
Paolini J.
6-32-67-5
Kvitova P.
Begu I.
6-36-1
Konjuh A.
Kostyuk M.
4-67-56-3
Brengle M.
Oz I.
7-56-3
Azarenka V.[12]
Putintseva Y.
5-76-27-5
Ostapenko J.[15]
Dodin O.
6-46-2
Anisimova A.
Haddad Maia B.
7-56-4
Linette M.
Riske Amritraj A.
2-67-656-1
Tauson C.
Bencic B.
6-43-66-3
Cirstea S.
Sherif M.
6-26-1
Garcia C.
Halep S.
6-46-3
Li A.
Kenin S.
6-36-756-3
Juvan K.
Voegele S.
6-46-2
Cornet A.
Samsonova L.
3-66-47-5
Sasnovich A.
Zhang S.
6-16-1
Gauff C.[14]
Rogers S.
6-26-3