Karolína Muchová def. Elena Rybakina — Quarterfinal, Brisbane International 2026

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Brisbane International 2026

WTA 500HardBrisbane, Australia

Played9 Jan 2026

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

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 19 going into this drawWon

Karolína Muchová seeded 11 6 2 6

🇰🇿ranked WTA number 5 going into this draw

Elena Rybakina seeded 3 2 6 4

🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchovávE. RybakinaElena Rybakina🇰🇿

🇨🇿Karolína Muchová

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

Match stats

Serve

3

Aces

9

0

Double faults

7

72%

1st serve in

54%

74%

1st serve points won

67%

53%

2nd serve points won

48%

68%

Service points won

58%

1/3

Break points saved

8/11

Return

42%

Return points won

32%

3/11

Break points won

2/3

85

Total points won

75

Head to head

2–0 Muchová

  1. This matchBrisbane QFwon by Muchová
  2. 2019HardNew York R128won by Muchová

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

9–1

2–0

Last 30 days

2–0

By surface

15–7

Hard

24–7

–

Indoor hard

5–0

By round

0–2

QF

5–1

–

SF

2–4

5–2

At WTA 500s

10–2

How their matches go

19

Completed matches

34

32%

Won in straight sets

56%

37%

Won after losing a set

26%

21%

Lost after winning a set

12%

11%

Lost in straight sets

6%

4–6

Tiebreaks

5–5

7–4

Deciding sets

9–4

9/13

Won after winning set 1

21/23

4/6

Won after losing set 1

7/11

Serve and return, last 5 matches

68%

1st serve in

59%

67%

1st serve points won

76%

44%

2nd serve points won

56%

58%

Break points saved

73%

46%

Return points won

44%

47%

Break points won

47%

4.8

Aces a match

11.0

2.2

Double faults a match

3.0

Last 14 days

2

Matches

2

5

Sets

4

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentKarolína MuchováElena Rybakina
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 10
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 10WonBrisbane R16WonRiyadh RRWonNingbo F
🇪🇸Badosa GibertNo. 25
🇪🇸Badosa GibertNo. 25WonBeijing R32WonBrisbane R16
🇦🇺TomljanovicNo. 80
🇦🇺TomljanovicNo. 80WonBrisbane R32WonNingbo QF
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 4
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 4LostBeijing R16WonRiyadh RR
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 13
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 13WonNew York R32LostTokyo SFWonWuhan R16
🇨🇿Vondrousova
🇨🇿VondrousovaWonTokyo R32WonNingbo R32LostNew York R16
Total
Total8–39–2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestKarolína MuchováElena Rybakina
1Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 10No. 10 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 JanWon🇪🇸P. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa GibertNo. 25No. 25 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 Jan
2Won🇦🇺A. TomljanovicAjla TomljanovicNo. 80No. 80 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 JanWon🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 81No. 81 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 Jan
3Lost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 14No. 14 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctWon🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 8 NovRiyadh F · 8 Nov
4Won🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 34No. 34 · 22 OctTokyo R16 · 22 OctWon🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 7 NovRiyadh SF · 7 Nov
5Won🇨🇿M. VondrousovaMarketa VondrousovaR32 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 OctWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 10No. 10 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 Nov
6Lost🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 18No. 18 · 15 OctNingbo R16 · 15 OctWon🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 3 NovRiyadh RR · 3 Nov
7Won🇨🇿M. VondrousovaMarketa VondrousovaR32 · 14 OctNingbo R32 · 14 OctWon🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 1 NovRiyadh RR · 1 Nov
8Lost🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 46No. 46 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 17No. 17 · 25 OctTokyo SF · 25 Oct
9Won🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 28No. 28 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 OctWon🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 24No. 24 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 Oct
10Lost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 SepWon🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 Oct