Elena Rybakina def. Qinwen Zheng — Round of 16, Qatar Open 2026

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Qatar Open 2026

WTA 1000HardDoha, Qatar

Played11 Feb 2026

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

🇰🇿ranked WTA number 3 going into this drawWon

Elena Rybakina seeded 2 4 6 7

🇨🇳ranked WTA number 26 going into this draw

Qinwen Zheng 6 2 5

🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinavQ. ZhengQinwen Zheng🇨🇳

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

🇨🇳Qinwen Zheng

Match stats

Serve

6

Aces

9

1

Double faults

6

66%

1st serve in

59%

72%

1st serve points won

70%

46%

2nd serve points won

49%

63%

Service points won

61%

3/5

Break points saved

6/10

Return

39%

Return points won

37%

4/10

Break points won

2/5

103

Total points won

97

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchDoha R16won by Rybakina
  2. 2024HardRiyadh RRwon by Zheng

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

6–4

8–0

Last 30 days

2–0

By surface

25–6

Hard

3–1

5–0

Indoor hard

–

By round

6–1

R16

–

4–2

QF

–

7–3

At WTA 1000s

3–1

How their matches go

35

Completed matches

3

63%

Won in straight sets

33%

23%

Won after losing a set

67%

9%

Lost after winning a set

0%

6%

Lost in straight sets

0%

4–2

Tiebreaks

1–0

8–3

Deciding sets

2–0

25/25

Won after winning set 1

2/2

5/10

Won after losing set 1

1/1

Serve and return, last 5 matches

57%

1st serve in

–

76%

1st serve points won

–

53%

2nd serve points won

–

65%

Break points saved

–

45%

Return points won

–

46%

Break points won

–

7.0

Aces a match

–

1.6

Double faults a match

–

Last 14 days

4

Matches

2

9

Sets

6

1

Days since last match

1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElena RybakinaQinwen Zheng
1Won🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 33No. 33 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebWon🇺🇸A. ParksAlycia ParksNo. 85No. 85 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 Feb
2Won🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 31 JanMelbourne F · 31 JanWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 9 FebDoha R64 · 9 Feb
3Won🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 6No. 6 · 29 JanMelbourne SF · 29 JanLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 29No. 29 · 29 SepBeijing R32 · 29 Sep
4Won🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 28 JanMelbourne QF · 28 JanWon🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 53No. 53 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
5Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 21No. 21 · 26 JanMelbourne R16 · 26 JanLost🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 78No. 78 · 1 JulLondon R128 · 1 Jul
6Won🇨🇿T. ValentovaTereza ValentovaNo. 60No. 60 · 24 JanMelbourne R32 · 24 JanLost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 16No. 16 · 14 JunLondon SF · 14 Jun
7Won🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 74No. 74 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 JanWon🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 41No. 41 · 13 JunLondon QF · 13 Jun
8Won🇸🇮K. JuvanKaja JuvanR128 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 JanWon🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 44No. 44 · 12 JunLondon R16 · 12 Jun
9Lost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 19No. 19 · 9 JanBrisbane QF · 9 JanLost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 3 JunParis QF · 3 Jun
10Won🇪🇸P. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa GibertNo. 25No. 25 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 JanWon🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 19No. 19 · 1 JunParis R16 · 1 Jun