McCartney Kessler def. Emiliana Arango — Round of 64, Brisbane International 2026

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Brisbane International 2026

WTA 500HardBrisbane, Australia

Played4 Jan 2026

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

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 31 going into this drawWon

McCartney Kessler 6 6

🇨🇴ranked WTA number 49 going into this draw

Emiliana Arango 1 3

🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslervE. ArangoEmiliana Arango🇨🇴

🇺🇸McCartney Kessler

🇨🇴Emiliana Arango

Match stats

Serve

1

Aces

0

2

Double faults

3

66%

1st serve in

63%

62%

1st serve points won

50%

60%

2nd serve points won

35%

61%

Service points won

44%

2/4

Break points saved

9/15

Return

56%

Return points won

39%

6/15

Break points won

2/4

75

Total points won

54

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

5–5

By surface

10–8

Hard

6–8

By round

3–2

R64

0–2

4–2

R32

2–1

6–2

First match at an event

3–5

3–3

At WTA 500s

4–1

How their matches go

17

Completed matches

13

41%

Won in straight sets

31%

12%

Won after losing a set

8%

35%

Lost after winning a set

8%

12%

Lost in straight sets

54%

4–3

Tiebreaks

0–2

2–6

Deciding sets

1–1

7/11

Won after winning set 1

4/4

2/6

Won after losing set 1

1/9

Serve and return, last 5 matches

66%

1st serve in

70%

69%

1st serve points won

53%

45%

2nd serve points won

50%

67%

Break points saved

47%

44%

Return points won

41%

40%

Break points won

35%

3.2

Aces a match

1.8

3.2

Double faults a match

1.6

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

74

Days since last match

67

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentMcCartney KesslerEmiliana Arango
🇪🇸BucsaNo. 51
🇪🇸BucsaNo. 51WonTokyo R32LostHong Kong R16
🇷🇺SamsonovaNo. 17
🇷🇺SamsonovaNo. 17WonNingbo R16LostWuhan R64
🇵🇱LinetteNo. 54
🇵🇱LinetteNo. 54WonNew York R128WonGuadalajara R32
Total
Total3–01–2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestMcCartney KesslerEmiliana Arango
1Lost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 17No. 17 · 22 OctTokyo R16 · 22 OctLost🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 72No. 72 · 29 OctHong Kong R16 · 29 Oct
2Won🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 72No. 72 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 OctWon🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 81No. 81 · 28 OctHong Kong R32 · 28 Oct
3Lost🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 17 OctNingbo QF · 17 OctLost🇳🇱S. LamensSuzan LamensNo. 59No. 59 · 13 OctOsaka R32 · 13 Oct
4Won🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 20No. 20 · 16 OctNingbo R16 · 16 OctLost🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 21No. 21 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct
5Won🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 OctLost🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen ZhengNo. 9No. 9 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
6Lost🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 42No. 42 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 OctWon🇳🇱S. LamensSuzan LamensNo. 64No. 64 · 25 SepBeijing R128 · 25 Sep
7Lost🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 69No. 69 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 SepLost🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 73No. 73 · 14 SepGuadalajara F · 14 Sep
8Won🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 39No. 39 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 SepWon🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91No. 91 · 13 SepGuadalajara SF · 13 Sep
9Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepWon🇨🇦M. StakusicMarina StakusicNo. 158No. 158 · 12 SepGuadalajara QF · 12 Sep
10Won🇨🇳H. ShiHan ShiR128 · 24 SepBeijing R128 · 24 SepWon🇦🇺S. HunterStorm HunterR16 · 11 SepGuadalajara R16 · 11 Sep