Coco Gauff def. Maria Sakkari — Quarterfinal, United Cup 2026

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United Cup 2026

United CupHardPerth & Sydney, Australia

Played7 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. QF
  2. Semifinal
  3. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 3 going into this drawWon

Coco Gauff 6 6

🇬🇷ranked WTA number 52 going into this draw

Maria Sakkari 3 2

🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffvM. SakkariMaria Sakkari🇬🇷

🇺🇸Coco Gauff

🇬🇷Maria Sakkari

Head to head

5–1 Gauff

  1. This matchPerth & Sydney QFwon by Gauff
  2. 2025HardMiami R32won by Gauff
  3. 2025HardIndian Wells R32won by Gauff
  4. 2024HardIndian Wells SFwon by Sakkari
  5. 2023HardBeijing QFwon by Gauff
  6. 2023HardWashington Fwon by Gauff

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

5–5

1–1

Last 30 days

2–0

By surface

18–5

Hard

9–9

1–2

Indoor hard

–

By round

2–1

QF

0–1

1–1

SF

–

1–1

At United Cups

2–0

How their matches go

25

Completed matches

18

52%

Won in straight sets

28%

20%

Won after losing a set

22%

12%

Lost after winning a set

6%

16%

Lost in straight sets

44%

5–2

Tiebreaks

2–4

5–3

Deciding sets

4–1

16/17

Won after winning set 1

9/10

2/8

Won after losing set 1

0/8

Last 14 days

2

Matches

2

5

Sets

5

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentCoco GauffMaria Sakkari
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 16
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 16LostNew York R16WonPerth & Sydney RR
🇮🇹PaoliniNo. 8
🇮🇹PaoliniNo. 8WonRiyadh RRWonWuhan SFLostCincinnati QFLostCincinnati R64
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 6
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 6LostRiyadh RRWonWuhan FLostCanada R64
🇨🇦FernandezNo. 22
🇨🇦FernandezNo. 22WonBeijing R32LostTokyo R32LostBeijing R64
🇺🇿RakhimovaNo. 97
🇺🇿RakhimovaNo. 97WonBeijing R64WonCincinnati R128
🇭🇷VekicNo. 69
🇭🇷VekicNo. 69WonNew York R64LostMonterrey R32
Total
Total6–32–5

Last 10 matches going in

LatestCoco GauffMaria Sakkari
1Lost🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 41No. 41 · 5 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 5 JanWon🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 29No. 29 · 5 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 5 Jan
2Won🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 66No. 66 · 3 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 3 JanWon🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 16No. 16 · 2 JanPerth & Sydney RR · 2 Jan
3Lost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 6 NovRiyadh RR · 6 NovLost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 21 OctTokyo R32 · 21 Oct
4Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 4 NovRiyadh RR · 4 NovLost🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 50No. 50 · 13 OctOsaka R32 · 13 Oct
5Lost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 2 NovRiyadh RR · 2 NovLost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 28No. 28 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep
6Won🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7No. 7 · 12 OctWuhan F · 12 OctWon🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 45No. 45 · 24 SepBeijing R128 · 24 Sep
7Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 11 OctWuhan SF · 11 OctLost🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91No. 91 · 9 SepGuadalajara R32 · 9 Sep
8Won🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 53No. 53 · 10 OctWuhan QF · 10 OctLost🇧🇷B. Haddad MaiaBeatriz Haddad MaiaR32 · 30 AugNew York R32 · 30 Aug
9Won🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 112No. 112 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 OctWon🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 96No. 96 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 Aug
10Won🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 92No. 92 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctWon🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 43No. 43 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug