Maria Sakkari def. Varvara Gracheva — Round of 16, Qatar Open 2026

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Qatar Open 2026

WTA 1000HardDoha, Qatar

Played11 Feb 2026

Rounds
  1. R64
  2. R32
  3. R16
  4. QF
  5. Semifinal
  6. Final

🇬🇷ranked WTA number 49 going into this drawWon

Maria Sakkari 7 6

🇫🇷ranked WTA number 73 going into this draw

Varvara Gracheva 63 0

🇬🇷M. SakkariMaria SakkarivV. GrachevaVarvara Gracheva🇫🇷

🇬🇷Maria Sakkari

🇫🇷Varvara Gracheva

Match stats

Serve

6

Aces

1

0

Double faults

3

74%

1st serve in

60%

63%

1st serve points won

53%

50%

2nd serve points won

33%

60%

Service points won

45%

4/6

Break points saved

1/6

Return

55%

Return points won

40%

5/6

Break points won

2/6

71

Total points won

52

Head to head

2–1 Sakkari

  1. This matchDoha R16won by Sakkari
  2. 2024ClayParis R128won by Gracheva
  3. 2024ClayRome R64won by Sakkari

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

4–6

3–2

Last 30 days

3–2

By surface

8–9

Hard

6–7

By round

–

R16

1–1

0–1

QF

0–1

3–1

At WTA 1000s

4–2

How their matches go

17

Completed matches

13

35%

Won in straight sets

15%

12%

Won after losing a set

31%

6%

Lost after winning a set

8%

47%

Lost in straight sets

46%

1–3

Tiebreaks

1–1

2–1

Deciding sets

4–1

8/9

Won after winning set 1

4/4

0/8

Won after losing set 1

2/9

Serve and return, last 5 matches

72%

1st serve in

63%

59%

1st serve points won

64%

56%

2nd serve points won

45%

62%

Break points saved

54%

49%

Return points won

43%

57%

Break points won

49%

2.0

Aces a match

2.8

0.6

Double faults a match

5.6

Last 14 days

2

Matches

2

4

Sets

5

1

Days since last match

1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestMaria SakkariVarvara Gracheva
1Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebWon🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 12No. 12 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 Feb
2Won🇹🇷Z. SonmezZeynep SonmezNo. 79No. 79 · 9 FebDoha R64 · 9 FebWon🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 48No. 48 · 8 FebDoha R64 · 8 Feb
3Lost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 8No. 8 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 JanLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 5No. 5 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 Jan
4Won🇫🇷L. JeanjeanLeolia JeanjeanNo. 101No. 101 · 18 JanMelbourne R128 · 18 JanWon🇨🇭V. GolubicViktorija GolubicNo. 81No. 81 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 Jan
5Lost🇦🇺D. KasatkinaDaria KasatkinaNo. 40No. 40 · 12 JanAdelaide R32 · 12 JanLost🇸🇰R. SramkovaRebecca SramkovaNo. 71No. 71 · 13 JanHobart R32 · 13 Jan
6Lost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 7 JanPerth & Sydney QF · 7 JanLost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 14No. 14 · 6 JanAuckland R32 · 6 Jan
7Won🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 29No. 29 · 5 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 5 JanLost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 14No. 14 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 Oct
8Won🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 16No. 16 · 2 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 2 JanWon🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 62No. 62 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 Oct
9Lost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 21 OctTokyo R32 · 21 OctLost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 46No. 46 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 Oct
10Lost🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 50No. 50 · 13 OctOsaka R32 · 13 OctLost🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 48No. 48 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 Oct