Linda Noskova def. Taylah Preston — Round of 64, Australian Open 2026

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Australian Open 2026

Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia

Played22 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 13 going into this drawWon

Linda Noskova seeded 13 6 4 6

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 204 going into this draw

Taylah Preston 2 6 2

🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovavT. PrestonTaylah Preston🇦🇺

🇨🇿Linda Noskova

🇦🇺Taylah Preston

Match stats

Serve

11

Aces

4

4

Double faults

4

51%

1st serve in

56%

67%

1st serve points won

58%

50%

2nd serve points won

43%

58%

Service points won

51%

9/12

Break points saved

2/8

Serve speed (km/h)

173

Fastest serve

162

158

Average 1st serve

151

146

Average 2nd serve

134

Return

49%

Return points won

42%

6/8

Break points won

3/12

Points

38

Winners

25

33

Unforced errors

28

16/22

Net points won

8/12

91

Total points won

78

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

5–5

2–1

Last 30 days

4–1

By surface

20–10

Hard

4–1

By round

3–2

R64

–

5–2

R32

1–0

3–1

At Grand Slams

1–0

How their matches go

26

Completed matches

5

42%

Won in straight sets

60%

19%

Won after losing a set

20%

19%

Lost after winning a set

20%

19%

Lost in straight sets

0%

8–3

Tiebreaks

1–0

5–5

Deciding sets

1–1

14/17

Won after winning set 1

4/5

2/9

Won after losing set 1

–

Serve and return, last 5 matches

58%

1st serve in

67%

72%

1st serve points won

59%

51%

2nd serve points won

40%

72%

Break points saved

47%

41%

Return points won

51%

39%

Break points won

63%

7.0

Aces a match

1.4

5.8

Double faults a match

2.2

Last 14 days

2

Matches

5

5

Sets

12

3

Days since last match

2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestLinda NoskovaTaylah Preston
1Won🇱🇻D. SemenistajaDarja SemenistajaNo. 96No. 96 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 JanWon🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 73No. 73 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 Jan
2Lost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 9No. 9 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 JanLost🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 35No. 35 · 16 JanHobart SF · 16 Jan
3Won🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 59No. 59 · 7 JanBrisbane R32 · 7 JanWon🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 29No. 29 · 15 JanHobart QF · 15 Jan
4Lost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 14No. 14 · 26 OctTokyo F · 26 OctWon🇸🇰R. SramkovaRebecca SramkovaNo. 71No. 71 · 14 JanHobart R16 · 14 Jan
5Won🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 9No. 9 · 25 OctTokyo SF · 25 OctWon🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 42No. 42 · 12 JanHobart R32 · 12 Jan
6Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 37No. 37 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctLost🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 67No. 67 · 16 SepHua Hin R32 · 16 Sep
7Won🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 22 OctTokyo R16 · 22 OctLost🇷🇺A. PavlyuchenkovaAnastasia PavlyuchenkovaR128 · 27 AugNew York R128 · 27 Aug
8Lost🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 61No. 61 · 13 OctOsaka R32 · 13 OctLost🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 30No. 30 · 28 FebSan Diego R16 · 28 Feb
9Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 10No. 10 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 OctWon🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 53No. 53 · 27 FebSan Diego R32 · 27 Feb
10Won🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 14No. 14 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctLost🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuR32 · 30 JanHua Hin R32 · 30 Jan