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WHOOP Podcast

Chasing Greatness: Maria Sakkari on Mental Health, Longevity, and Tennis

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by global tennis star Maria Sakkari. Will and Maria discuss Maria’s journey to becoming a professional tennis player (1:38), the level of independence in tennis (5:55), becoming the #3 player in the world (7:01), how Maria prepares for a big match (7:57), what Maria tracks to be her best (16:58), Maria’s WHOOP data (16:58), some key lessons Maria learned from her injury (20:19) and how to increase longevity as an athlete (23:0...

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'll just picture myself hitting a nice shot or, you know, playing a nice point.

0:04.8

And then I've noticed that the result has been very successful to me because every time I do it,

0:10.2

I just feel like I've been winning all those big matches against all those very big opponents.

0:14.5

And then I feel like when something works the right way for you, don't change it.

0:19.9

Like I mean, it's always good to try new things.

0:23.1

At the same time, it's been, you know, successful. So why change it?

0:27.3

Hello, folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop.

0:33.5

We're on a mission to unlock human performance. If you're about joining whoop, you can visit whoop.com.

0:39.3

Sign up for a free 30-day trial.

0:41.3

That's right.

0:42.3

Doesn't get better than free.

0:43.3

That's a good deal.

0:44.3

On this week's episode, I'm joined by professional women's tennis star Maria Sokery.

0:49.3

Maria is one of the top female tennis players in the world and is one of the most accomplished

0:54.8

Greek tennis players of all time. She achieved a world ranking of number three, which is the

1:00.4

highest any Greek female has ever done. We discussed committing to tennis at a young age. Maria

1:06.8

followed in the footsteps of her mother, who is also a pro tennis player,

1:15.5

reaching the highest ranking of any Greek woman, Maria's matchday routine and how she prepares.

1:17.6

We touch a lot on visualization techniques.

1:22.8

How Maria uses Whoop, rehabbing and dealing with injury, mental health and longevity,

1:26.6

and Maria builds the perfect women's tennis player.

1:28.8

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