Elena Rybakina def. Paula Badosa Gibert — 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 5 going into this drawWon

Elena Rybakina seeded 3 6 6

🇪🇸ranked WTA number 25 going into this draw

Paula Badosa Gibert seeded 15 3 2

🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinavP. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa Gibert🇪🇸

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

🇪🇸Paula Badosa Gibert

Match stats

Serve

3

Aces

6

0

Double faults

9

46%

1st serve in

52%

81%

1st serve points won

59%

60%

2nd serve points won

39%

70%

Service points won

49%

3/4

Break points saved

3/8

Return

51%

Return points won

30%

5/8

Break points won

1/4

70

Total points won

51

Head to head

2–0 Rybakina

  1. This matchBrisbane R16won by Rybakina
  2. 2025HardDubai R16won by Rybakina

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

6–4

1–0

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

23–7

Hard

2–1

5–0

Indoor hard

–

By round

6–1

R16

–

5–1

QF

–

9–2

At WTA 500s

1–0

How their matches go

33

Completed matches

2

55%

Won in straight sets

50%

27%

Won after losing a set

50%

12%

Lost after winning a set

0%

6%

Lost in straight sets

0%

5–5

Tiebreaks

1–1

9–4

Deciding sets

1–0

20/22

Won after winning set 1

1/1

7/11

Won after losing set 1

1/1

Serve and return, last 5 matches

62%

1st serve in

56%

76%

1st serve points won

72%

56%

2nd serve points won

41%

72%

Break points saved

54%

43%

Return points won

39%

49%

Break points won

36%

11.4

Aces a match

4.2

3.6

Double faults a match

6.0

Last 14 days

1

Matches

1

2

Sets

3

2

Days since last match

2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElena RybakinaPaula Badosa Gibert
1Won🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 81No. 81 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 JanWon🇨🇿M. BouzkovaMarie BouzkovaNo. 42No. 42 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 Jan
2Won🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 8 NovRiyadh F · 8 NovLost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 15No. 15 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 Sep
3Won🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 7 NovRiyadh SF · 7 NovWon🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 81No. 81 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep
4Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 10No. 10 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 NovLost🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 41No. 41 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 Jun
5Won🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 3 NovRiyadh RR · 3 NovLost🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 48No. 48 · 20 JunBerlin QF · 20 Jun
6Won🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 1 NovRiyadh RR · 1 NovWon🇺🇸E. NavarroEmma NavarroNo. 10No. 10 · 18 JunBerlin R16 · 18 Jun
7Lost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 17No. 17 · 25 OctTokyo SF · 25 OctWon🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 60No. 60 · 16 JunBerlin R32 · 16 Jun
8Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 24No. 24 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctLost🇦🇺D. KasatkinaDaria KasatkinaNo. 17No. 17 · 31 MayParis R32 · 31 May
9Won🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 OctWon🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 85No. 85 · 29 MayParis R64 · 29 May
10Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 19 OctNingbo F · 19 OctWon🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 49No. 49 · 26 MayParis R128 · 26 May