Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Sofia Kenin — Round of 32, Brisbane International 2026

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Brisbane International 2026

WTA 500HardBrisbane, Australia

Played6 Jan 2026

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

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 10 going into this drawWon

E. Alexandrova seeded 7 7 6

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 28 going into this draw

Sofia Kenin 62 3

🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovavS. KeninSofia Kenin🇺🇸

🇷🇺Ekaterina Alexandrova

🇺🇸Sofia Kenin

Match stats

Serve

9

Aces

3

1

Double faults

7

70%

1st serve in

66%

81%

1st serve points won

67%

61%

2nd serve points won

39%

75%

Service points won

58%

2/3

Break points saved

3/6

Return

42%

Return points won

25%

3/6

Break points won

1/3

80

Total points won

63

Head to head

2–1 Alexandrova

  1. This matchBrisbane R32won by Alexandrova
  2. 2025HardTokyo QFwon by Kenin
  3. 2024HardWuhan R64won by Alexandrova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

5–5

–

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

17–9

Hard

8–10

0–1

Indoor hard

–

2–1

Clay

–

0–1

Grass

–

By round

4–0

R32

3–4

5–4

R16

1–2

10–4

At WTA 500s

6–4

How their matches go

30

Completed matches

18

53%

Won in straight sets

17%

7%

Won after losing a set

28%

27%

Lost after winning a set

22%

13%

Lost in straight sets

33%

3–5

Tiebreaks

5–1

2–8

Deciding sets

5–4

17/22

Won after winning set 1

5/8

1/8

Won after losing set 1

3/10

Serve and return, last 5 matches

69%

1st serve in

68%

66%

1st serve points won

63%

42%

2nd serve points won

45%

57%

Break points saved

60%

40%

Return points won

42%

37%

Break points won

43%

5.4

Aces a match

1.4

3.0

Double faults a match

6.0

Last 14 days

0

Matches

1

0

Sets

3

62

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentEkaterina AlexandrovaSofia Kenin
🇨🇭BencicNo. 11
🇨🇭BencicNo. 11LostLondon R16LostTokyo SF
🇺🇸KesslerNo. 31
🇺🇸KesslerNo. 31WonNingbo QFLostNingbo R32
🇨🇦MbokoNo. 18
🇨🇦MbokoNo. 18WonWuhan R64LostCanada R64
🇦🇺JointNo. 32
🇦🇺JointNo. 32WonCincinnati R32LostSeoul R16
🇩🇪SiegemundNo. 46
🇩🇪SiegemundNo. 46WonNew York R32WonSeoul R32
Total
Total4–11–4

Last 10 matches going in

LatestEkaterina AlexandrovaSofia Kenin
1Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 6No. 6 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 NovWon🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 88No. 88 · 4 JanBrisbane R64 · 4 Jan
2Lost🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 26No. 26 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctLost🇯🇵H. SakatsumeHimeno SakatsumeNo. 201No. 201 · 28 OctHong Kong R32 · 28 Oct
3Won🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 47No. 47 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 OctLost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 14No. 14 · 25 OctTokyo SF · 25 Oct
4Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 9No. 9 · 19 OctNingbo F · 19 OctWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 10No. 10 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 Oct
5Won🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 18No. 18 · 18 OctNingbo SF · 18 OctWon🇯🇵W. SonobeWakana SonobeR16 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 Oct
6Won🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 17 OctNingbo QF · 17 OctWon🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 81No. 81 · 21 OctTokyo R32 · 21 Oct
7Won🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 109No. 109 · 16 OctNingbo R16 · 16 OctLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 Oct
8Lost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7No. 7 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 OctLost🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 21No. 21 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 Oct
9Won🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 47No. 47 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctWon🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 87No. 87 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct
10Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 23No. 23 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 OctLost🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 Sep