Elena Rybakina def. Shuai Zhang — 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 5 going into this drawWon

Elena Rybakina seeded 3 6 7

🇨🇳ranked WTA number 81 going into this draw

Shuai Zhang 3 5

🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinavS. ZhangShuai Zhang🇨🇳

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

🇨🇳Shuai Zhang

Match stats

Serve

16

Aces

3

6

Double faults

0

58%

1st serve in

67%

81%

1st serve points won

62%

50%

2nd serve points won

43%

68%

Service points won

56%

5/7

Break points saved

5/9

Return

44%

Return points won

32%

4/9

Break points won

2/7

70

Total points won

55

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchBrisbane R32won by Rybakina
  2. 2022HardMelbourne R64won by Zhang

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

7–3

–

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

22–7

Hard

9–5

5–0

Indoor hard

–

By round

4–1

R32

3–1

6–1

R16

1–2

8–2

At WTA 500s

1–0

How their matches go

32

Completed matches

13

53%

Won in straight sets

23%

28%

Won after losing a set

46%

13%

Lost after winning a set

0%

6%

Lost in straight sets

31%

5–5

Tiebreaks

1–1

9–4

Deciding sets

6–0

19/21

Won after winning set 1

7/7

7/11

Won after losing set 1

2/6

Serve and return, last 5 matches

63%

1st serve in

72%

77%

1st serve points won

65%

56%

2nd serve points won

44%

74%

Break points saved

41%

43%

Return points won

43%

55%

Break points won

45%

9.6

Aces a match

3.4

2.6

Double faults a match

2.2

Last 14 days

0

Matches

1

0

Sets

3

59

Days since last match

1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElena RybakinaShuai Zhang
1Won🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 8 NovRiyadh F · 8 NovWon🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 44No. 44 · 5 JanBrisbane R64 · 5 Jan
2Won🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 7 NovRiyadh SF · 7 NovLost🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 38No. 38 · 30 OctHong Kong R16 · 30 Oct
3Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 10No. 10 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 NovWon🇸🇮V. ErjavecVeronika ErjavecNo. 100No. 100 · 28 OctHong Kong R32 · 28 Oct
4Won🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 3 NovRiyadh RR · 3 NovLost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 42No. 42 · 25 OctGuangzhou SF · 25 Oct
5Won🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 1 NovRiyadh RR · 1 NovWon🇺🇸K. VolynetsKatie VolynetsNo. 95No. 95 · 24 OctGuangzhou QF · 24 Oct
6Lost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 17No. 17 · 25 OctTokyo SF · 25 OctWon🇸🇮V. ErjavecVeronika ErjavecNo. 105No. 105 · 23 OctGuangzhou R16 · 23 Oct
7Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 24No. 24 · 24 OctTokyo QF · 24 OctWon🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 80No. 80 · 21 OctGuangzhou R32 · 21 Oct
8Won🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 23 OctTokyo R16 · 23 OctLost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 Oct
9Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 19 OctNingbo F · 19 OctWon🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 64No. 64 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 Oct
10Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 18 OctNingbo SF · 18 OctWon🇺🇸E. NavarroEmma NavarroNo. 17No. 17 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct