Karolína Muchová def. Ekaterina Alexandrova — Round of 16, Brisbane International 2026

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Brisbane International 2026

WTA 500HardBrisbane, Australia

Played8 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 7

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 10 going into this draw

E. Alexandrova seeded 7 4 5

🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchovávE. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺

🇨🇿Karolína Muchová

🇷🇺Ekaterina Alexandrova

Match stats

Serve

9

Aces

2

1

Double faults

1

62%

1st serve in

72%

64%

1st serve points won

59%

45%

2nd serve points won

37%

57%

Service points won

53%

4/7

Break points saved

3/8

Return

47%

Return points won

43%

5/8

Break points won

3/7

75

Total points won

69

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchBrisbane R16won by Muchová
  2. 2025HardLinz SFwon by Alexandrova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

6–4

1–0

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

14–7

Hard

18–9

–

Indoor hard

0–1

–

Clay

2–1

By round

2–3

R16

5–3

0–2

QF

3–2

4–2

At WTA 500s

11–4

How their matches go

18

Completed matches

30

28%

Won in straight sets

57%

39%

Won after losing a set

7%

22%

Lost after winning a set

27%

11%

Lost in straight sets

10%

4–6

Tiebreaks

4–4

7–4

Deciding sets

2–8

8/12

Won after winning set 1

18/23

4/6

Won after losing set 1

1/7

Serve and return, last 5 matches

71%

1st serve in

69%

66%

1st serve points won

69%

40%

2nd serve points won

42%

57%

Break points saved

50%

44%

Return points won

39%

47%

Break points won

35%

4.0

Aces a match

6.4

2.4

Double faults a match

2.0

Last 14 days

1

Matches

1

3

Sets

2

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentKarolína MuchováEkaterina Alexandrova
🇦🇺TomljanovicNo. 80
🇦🇺TomljanovicNo. 80WonBrisbane R32WonMonterrey R16
🇦🇺JointNo. 32
🇦🇺JointNo. 32WonTokyo R16WonCincinnati R32
🇷🇺ShnaiderNo. 21
🇷🇺ShnaiderNo. 21LostNingbo R16WonNingbo SFLostMonterrey F
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 13
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 13WonNew York R32WonMonterrey QF
Total
Total3–14–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestKarolína MuchováEkaterina Alexandrova
1Won🇦🇺A. TomljanovicAjla TomljanovicNo. 80No. 80 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 JanWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 Jan
2Lost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 14No. 14 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 6No. 6 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 Nov
3Won🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 34No. 34 · 22 OctTokyo R16 · 22 OctLost🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 26No. 26 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 Oct
4Won🇨🇿M. VondrousovaMarketa VondrousovaR32 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 OctWon🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 47No. 47 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 Oct
5Lost🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 18No. 18 · 15 OctNingbo R16 · 15 OctLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 9No. 9 · 19 OctNingbo F · 19 Oct
6Won🇨🇿M. VondrousovaMarketa VondrousovaR32 · 14 OctNingbo R32 · 14 OctWon🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 18No. 18 · 18 OctNingbo SF · 18 Oct
7Lost🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 46No. 46 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctWon🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 17 OctNingbo QF · 17 Oct
8Won🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 28No. 28 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 OctWon🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 109No. 109 · 16 OctNingbo R16 · 16 Oct
9Lost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 SepLost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7No. 7 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 Oct
10Won🇪🇸P. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa GibertNo. 20No. 20 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 SepWon🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 47No. 47 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 Oct