Maria Sakkari def. Naomi Osaka — Round robin, United Cup 2026

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United Cup 2026

United CupHardPerth & Sydney, Australia

Played2 Jan 2026

Round
  1. RR

🇬🇷ranked WTA number 52 going into this drawWon

Maria Sakkari 6 6

🇯🇵ranked WTA number 16 going into this draw

Naomi Osaka 4 2

🇬🇷M. SakkariMaria SakkarivN. OsakaNaomi Osaka🇯🇵

🇬🇷Maria Sakkari

🇯🇵Naomi Osaka

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

3–7

Last 10 matches

6–4

By surface

7–9

Hard

15–6

0–1

Grass

1–1

By round

4–0

R128

2–0

5–5

First match at an event

6–1

How their matches go

17

Completed matches

22

24%

Won in straight sets

55%

18%

Won after losing a set

18%

6%

Lost after winning a set

18%

53%

Lost in straight sets

9%

2–4

Tiebreaks

5–2

3–1

Deciding sets

4–4

7/8

Won after winning set 1

14/18

0/9

Won after losing set 1

2/4

Serve and return, last 5 matches

60%

1st serve in

57%

56%

1st serve points won

73%

45%

2nd serve points won

51%

56%

Break points saved

56%

41%

Return points won

41%

41%

Break points won

44%

3.0

Aces a match

7.6

2.4

Double faults a match

3.8

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

73

Days since last match

79

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentMaria SakkariNaomi Osaka
🇨🇦FernandezNo. 22
🇨🇦FernandezNo. 22LostTokyo R32LostBeijing R64WonWuhan R64
🇬🇧RaducanuNo. 29
🇬🇧RaducanuNo. 29LostWashington QFLostWashington R16
Total
Total0–31–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestMaria SakkariNaomi Osaka
1Lost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 21 OctTokyo R32 · 21 OctLost🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 48No. 48 · 17 OctOsaka QF · 17 Oct
2Lost🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 50No. 50 · 13 OctOsaka R32 · 13 OctWon🇳🇱S. LamensSuzan LamensNo. 59No. 59 · 15 OctOsaka R16 · 15 Oct
3Lost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 28No. 28 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepWon🇯🇵W. SonobeWakana SonobeR32 · 13 OctOsaka R32 · 13 Oct
4Won🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 45No. 45 · 24 SepBeijing R128 · 24 SepLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 27No. 27 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 Oct
5Lost🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91No. 91 · 9 SepGuadalajara R32 · 9 SepWon🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 25No. 25 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct
6Lost🇧🇷B. Haddad MaiaBeatriz Haddad MaiaR32 · 30 AugNew York R32 · 30 AugLost🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 130No. 130 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
7Won🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 96No. 96 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 AugLost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 9No. 9 · 4 SepNew York SF · 4 Sep
8Won🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 43No. 43 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugWon🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12No. 12 · 3 SepNew York QF · 3 Sep
9Lost🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 55No. 55 · 18 AugMonterrey R32 · 18 AugWon🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 1 SepNew York R16 · 1 Sep
10Lost🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 9No. 9 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 AugWon🇦🇺D. KasatkinaDaria KasatkinaNo. 17No. 17 · 30 AugNew York R32 · 30 Aug