Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Hailey Baptiste — Semifinal, Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open 2026

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Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open 2026

WTA 500HardAbu Dhabi, UAE

Played6 Feb 2026

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

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 11 going into this drawWon

E. Alexandrova seeded 2 3 7 6

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 70 going into this draw

Hailey Baptiste 6 65 3

🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovavH. BaptisteHailey Baptiste🇺🇸

🇷🇺Ekaterina Alexandrova

🇺🇸Hailey Baptiste

Match stats

Serve

5

Aces

3

6

Double faults

5

63%

1st serve in

66%

70%

1st serve points won

67%

50%

2nd serve points won

49%

63%

Service points won

61%

6/10

Break points saved

7/10

Return

39%

Return points won

38%

3/10

Break points won

4/10

113

Total points won

109

Head to head

2–0 Alexandrova

  1. This matchAbu Dhabi SFwon by Alexandrova
  2. 2024HardWuhan R16won by Alexandrova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

4–6

Last 10 matches

5–5

2–3

Last 30 days

5–2

By surface

20–11

Hard

8–9

0–1

Indoor hard

–

By round

3–0

SF

–

0–3

F

–

13–6

At WTA 500s

3–1

How their matches go

31

Completed matches

17

55%

Won in straight sets

18%

6%

Won after losing a set

29%

23%

Lost after winning a set

29%

16%

Lost in straight sets

24%

3–3

Tiebreaks

3–2

2–7

Deciding sets

5–5

18/21

Won after winning set 1

6/8

1/10

Won after losing set 1

2/9

Serve and return, last 5 matches

59%

1st serve in

59%

64%

1st serve points won

64%

39%

2nd serve points won

50%

55%

Break points saved

49%

49%

Return points won

43%

55%

Break points won

47%

4.2

Aces a match

3.6

4.4

Double faults a match

2.8

Last 14 days

2

Matches

4

4

Sets

12

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentEkaterina AlexandrovaHailey Baptiste
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 6
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 6LostWuhan R16LostWuhan R32
🇨🇿SiniakovaNo. 45
🇨🇿SiniakovaNo. 45WonSeoul SFWonNew York R128
Total
Total1–11–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestEkaterina AlexandrovaHailey Baptiste
1Won🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 49No. 49 · 5 FebAbu Dhabi QF · 5 FebWon🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 18No. 18 · 5 FebAbu Dhabi QF · 5 Feb
2Won🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 28No. 28 · 4 FebAbu Dhabi R16 · 4 FebWon🇺🇸E. NavarroEmma NavarroNo. 15No. 15 · 3 FebAbu Dhabi R16 · 3 Feb
3Lost🇹🇷Z. SonmezZeynep SonmezNo. 112No. 112 · 18 JanMelbourne R128 · 18 JanWon🇷🇸T. KostovicTeodora KostovicNo. 177No. 177 · 1 FebAbu Dhabi R32 · 1 Feb
4Lost🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 38No. 38 · 12 JanAdelaide R32 · 12 JanLost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 23 JanMelbourne R32 · 23 Jan
5Lost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 19No. 19 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 JanWon🇦🇺S. HunterStorm HunterR64 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 Jan
6Won🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 JanWon🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 116No. 116 · 18 JanMelbourne R128 · 18 Jan
7Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 6No. 6 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 NovLost🇲🇽R. ZarazuaRenata ZarazuaNo. 77No. 77 · 12 JanHobart R32 · 12 Jan
8Lost🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 26No. 26 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctLost🇰🇿Y. PutintsevaYulia PutintsevaNo. 71No. 71 · 5 JanBrisbane R64 · 5 Jan
9Won🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 47No. 47 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 OctLost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 Oct
10Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 9No. 9 · 19 OctNingbo F · 19 OctLost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7No. 7 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 Oct