Alycia Parks vs Maria Sakkari — Athens Quarter-final

Athens · WTA · Quarter-final

USA

Alycia Parks

#70WTA

1648ELO

1639Hard ELO

25 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed

Last 10

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Sets

Friday, 17 July 2026 · 12:00

hard

GRE

Maria Sakkari

#37WTA

1812ELO

1796Hard ELO

$1.1MYTD

$15MCAREER

30 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed

Last 10

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Parks A.

Sakkari M.

Alycia Parks faces Maria Sakkari in the Athens quarter-final on hard. Maria Sakkari is the paper favourite — ranked #37, a roughly 160-point hard Elo advantage — but Alycia Parks has won both their previous meetings.

Win Probability

Pre-match · updated 22:20 UTC

Parks A.31%

Sakkari M.69%

Toss-up
50–58%

Slight edge
58–67%

Clear favourite
67–80%

Strong favourite
80%+

Clear favourite · Sakkari M. clearly ahead, but no certainty

Calibrated model · 65% favourite accuracy (2025–26, out-of-sample). Probability is a statistical estimate, not a certainty. How it works.

Key context

Freshness: Workload contrast: Alycia Parks 41 games in 14 days, Maria Sakkari 62.
Under pressure: Maria Sakkari has the edge on pressure points (Clutch Rating 81 vs Alycia Parks's 61).
Last match: Alycia Parks dropped the opening set before beating Mai Hontama 6–7 6–2 7–5.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match

Parks A.

6.0

Even matchUmpiry Score

Sakkari M.

7.1

Strong advantageUmpiry Score

Form & Matchup

3.0Hard Elo 1639

Surface ELO

7.0+157 Hard Elo edge

3.8Overall Elo 1648

ELO gap

6.2Overall Elo 1812

7.0Leads 1–0 on hard

H2H

3.0Trails 0–1 on hard

5.45 of last 10 on hard

Surface form

7.17 of last 10 on hard

Fatigue & Travel

7.01 three-setter in 14 days

3-set count

Context

5.0Didn't play here last year

Defending pts

5.0Didn't play here last year

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.

Form trajectory

Parks A.Cooling

Sakkari M.Stable

Direction of recent form — results vs Elo expectation blended with serve/return vs each player's baseline, over the last few months. About

30 vs 11 matches

Statistics

This season

Parks A.Sakkari M.

1st serve in·Clear edge

56%

68%

1st serve points won·Slight edge

69%

62%

2nd serve points won·Even

45%

47%

Service points won·Even

59%

57%

Return points won·Even

41%

43%

Break points saved·Slight edge

55%

64%

Aces / match·Dominant

6.0

1.9

Double faults / match·Dominant

5.0

1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (30 vs 11). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Serve vs return

This season

Parks A.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Sakkari M.

Sakkari M.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Parks A.

Even serve battle

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

Clutch

Under pressure

Parks A.Sakkari M.

Clutch Rating·Clear edge

Break points saved·Clear edge

Break points won·Clear edge

Deciding sets·Clear edge

Tiebreaks·Even

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

Serve & return on hard

Parks A.Sakkari M.

Serve

Return

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

Freshness

Recent load

Parks A.Sakkari M.

Freshness·Even

Parks A.: 2 days rest · 1 match, 23 games (7d) · Sakkari M.: 2 days rest · 1 match, 19 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Weather forecast

33°CClear

Wind 14 km/hHumidity 37%

Head to head

2–0

Date	Tournament	Round	Surface	Winner	Score
2026-03-17	Miami	R64	hard	Alycia Parks	6-3 6-3
2022-10-03	Ostrava	R16	hard	Alycia Parks	5-7 7-5 7-5