![]() At the China Open, she lost in the final stage of qualifying to Wang Yafan. At the US Open, she only reached the first round, where Duan Yingying defeated her, but it was her first Grand-Slam appearance in the main draw without need to play in qualifying. In Cincinnati, she lost in the qualifying to Zheng. After this result, on July 11, 2016, she reached 97 in the rankings. Sakkari got through qualifying for Wimbledon and won her first match at that tournament, defeating Zheng Saisai, but then lost in the second round to five-time former Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams. Competing the qualifying at the 2016 French Open, she missed the chance to play in the main draw, losing her first match to Grace Min. In Madrid, she failed to reach the main draw, losing to Patricia Maria Țig in the final stage of qualifying. After beating Hsieh Su-wei in the second round, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she lost to Danka Kovinić. Her second win on the WTA Tour was at the Istanbul Cup, where she defeated top seed Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. In Miami, she succeeded to qualify, but lost in the first round of the main draw to Irina-Camelia Begu. At the Indian Wells Open, she attempted to qualify for her first Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournament in the main draw, but failed in the first round of qualification. At the Mexican Open in Acapulco, she was eliminated in the first round by Johanna Larsson. In the second round, she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro. That win was her first at the WTA Tour, as well as her first Grand Slam match win. At the Australian Open, she first qualified, and then, in the first round of main draw, achieved a win against Wang Yafan. Sakkari started the 2016 season with no-passing qualification at Brisbane International and Hobart International. Sakkari at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships Professional career 2015–16: WTA debut, Grand Slam debut, top 100 Sakkari currently resides in Monte Carlo. Growing up, her favourite players were Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. She has said that her favorite surfaces are hard and clay and that her favorite shot is the serve. She was introduced to tennis by her parents at age 6 and moved to Barcelona at age 18 in order to train. Her grandfather Dimitris Kanellopoulos was also professional tennis player. She has two siblings: brother Yannis and sister Amanda. Sakkari was born on 25 July 1995 to mother Angelikí Kanellopoúlou, a former top-50 tennis player, and father Konstantinos Sakkaris, in Athens.
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