Madison Keys def. McCartney Kessler — 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 7 going into this drawWon

Madison Keys seeded 5 6 6

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 31 going into this draw

McCartney Kessler 4 3

🇺🇸M. KeysMadison KeysvM. KesslerMcCartney Kessler🇺🇸

🇺🇸Madison Keys

🇺🇸McCartney Kessler

Match stats

Serve

2

Aces

1

3

Double faults

2

69%

1st serve in

67%

71%

1st serve points won

58%

63%

2nd serve points won

52%

69%

Service points won

56%

5/6

Break points saved

5/8

Return

44%

Return points won

31%

3/8

Break points won

1/6

70

Total points won

55

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

6–4

–

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

5–3

Hard

11–8

0–2

Indoor hard

–

By round

2–0

R32

4–2

1–1

R16

1–3

–

At WTA 500s

4–3

How their matches go

10

Completed matches

18

20%

Won in straight sets

44%

30%

Won after losing a set

11%

30%

Lost after winning a set

33%

20%

Lost in straight sets

11%

3–1

Tiebreaks

4–3

3–3

Deciding sets

2–6

2/5

Won after winning set 1

8/12

3/5

Won after losing set 1

2/6

Serve and return, last 5 matches

59%

1st serve in

67%

65%

1st serve points won

67%

41%

2nd serve points won

45%

46%

Break points saved

63%

40%

Return points won

44%

44%

Break points won

35%

3.0

Aces a match

2.4

7.8

Double faults a match

2.8

Last 14 days

0

Matches

1

0

Sets

2

64

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentMadison KeysMcCartney Kessler
🇩🇪LysNo. 40
🇩🇪LysNo. 40WonCincinnati R64LostBeijing R16
🇺🇸McNallyNo. 85
🇺🇸McNallyNo. 85WonCanada R32WonCincinnati R64
Total
Total2–01–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestMadison KeysMcCartney Kessler
1Lost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 3 NovRiyadh RR · 3 NovWon🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 49No. 49 · 4 JanBrisbane R64 · 4 Jan
2Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 1 NovRiyadh RR · 1 NovLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 17No. 17 · 22 OctTokyo R16 · 22 Oct
3Lost🇲🇽R. ZarazuaRenata ZarazuaNo. 73No. 73 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugWon🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 72No. 72 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 Oct
4Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 12No. 12 · 13 AugCincinnati R16 · 13 AugLost🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 17 OctNingbo QF · 17 Oct
5Won🇯🇵A. ItoAoi ItoR32 · 11 AugCincinnati R32 · 11 AugWon🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 20No. 20 · 16 OctNingbo R16 · 16 Oct
6Won🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 69No. 69 · 9 AugCincinnati R64 · 9 AugWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 Oct
7Lost🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 19No. 19 · 5 AugCanada QF · 5 AugLost🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 42No. 42 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct
8Won🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 14No. 14 · 3 AugCanada R16 · 3 AugLost🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 69No. 69 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 Sep
9Won🇺🇸C. McNallyCaty McNallyNo. 134No. 134 · 1 AugCanada R32 · 1 AugWon🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 39No. 39 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 Sep
10Won🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 55No. 55 · 30 JulCanada R64 · 30 JulWon🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep