Jessica Pegula def. Amanda Anisimova — Semifinal, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2026

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Played20 Feb 2026

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

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 6 going into this drawWon

Jessica Pegula seeded 4 1 6 6

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 4 going into this draw

Amanda Anisimova seeded 2 6 4 3

🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulavA. AnisimovaAmanda Anisimova🇺🇸

🇺🇸Jessica Pegula

🇺🇸Amanda Anisimova

Match stats

Serve

2

Aces

7

3

Double faults

4

65%

1st serve in

73%

64%

1st serve points won

59%

45%

2nd serve points won

46%

57%

Service points won

56%

5/9

Break points saved

7/11

Return

44%

Return points won

43%

4/11

Break points won

4/9

93

Total points won

91

Head to head

4–0 Pegula

  1. This matchDubai SFwon by Pegula
  2. 2026HardMelbourne QFwon by Pegula
  3. 2024HardCanada Fwon by Pegula
  4. 2024ClayCharleston R32won by Pegula

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

7–3

7–1

Last 30 days

6–2

By surface

24–5

Hard

20–4

2–2

Indoor hard

2–2

By round

1–5

SF

2–1

0–1

F

1–1

11–2

At WTA 1000s

9–1

How their matches go

33

Completed matches

26

45%

Won in straight sets

50%

33%

Won after losing a set

31%

12%

Lost after winning a set

4%

9%

Lost in straight sets

15%

5–5

Tiebreaks

5–6

11–4

Deciding sets

8–1

21/23

Won after winning set 1

15/15

5/10

Won after losing set 1

6/11

Serve and return, last 5 matches

64%

1st serve in

64%

70%

1st serve points won

64%

53%

2nd serve points won

49%

65%

Break points saved

52%

42%

Return points won

43%

46%

Break points won

47%

5.0

Aces a match

2.8

1.4

Double faults a match

4.2

Last 14 days

3

Matches

3

7

Sets

8

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentJessica PegulaAmanda Anisimova
🇨🇿KrejcikovaNo. 53
🇨🇿KrejcikovaNo. 53WonNew York QFWonDubai R32
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3LostMelbourne SFLostRiyadh SFLostRiyadh RR
🇺🇸KeysNo. 16
🇺🇸KeysNo. 16WonMelbourne R16WonRiyadh RR
🇨🇿SiniakovaNo. 44
🇨🇿SiniakovaNo. 44WonWuhan QFWonMelbourne R64
🇺🇦KostyukNo. 23
🇺🇦KostyukNo. 23LostBrisbane SFWonBeijing R16LostBrisbane R16
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1LostRiyadh RRWonWuhan SFLostNew York SFLostRiyadh SFLostNew York F
Total
Total7–76–4

Last 10 matches going in

LatestJessica PegulaAmanda Anisimova
1Won🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 14No. 14 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 FebWon🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 7No. 7 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 Feb
2Won🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 20No. 20 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebWon🇮🇩J. TjenJanice TjenNo. 46No. 46 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
3Won🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 73No. 73 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 53No. 53 · 16 FebDubai R32 · 16 Feb
4Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 5No. 5 · 29 JanMelbourne SF · 29 JanLost🇨🇿K. PliskovaKarolina PliskovaR32 · 9 FebDoha R32 · 9 Feb
5Won🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 28 JanMelbourne QF · 28 JanLost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 6No. 6 · 28 JanMelbourne QF · 28 Jan
6Won🇺🇸M. KeysMadison KeysNo. 9No. 9 · 26 JanMelbourne R16 · 26 JanWon🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 43No. 43 · 26 JanMelbourne R16 · 26 Jan
7Won🇪🇸O. SelekhmetevaOksana SelekhmetevaNo. 98No. 98 · 24 JanMelbourne R32 · 24 JanWon🇺🇸P. StearnsPeyton StearnsNo. 67No. 67 · 24 JanMelbourne R32 · 24 Jan
8Won🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 36No. 36 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 JanWon🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 46No. 46 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 Jan
9Won🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 103No. 103 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 JanWon🇨🇭S. WaltertSimona WaltertNo. 86No. 86 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 Jan
10Lost🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 26No. 26 · 10 JanBrisbane SF · 10 JanLost🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 26No. 26 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 Jan