Elena Rybakina def. Jessica Pegula — Quarterfinal, Indian Wells Open 2026

🇺🇸
Indian Wells Open 2026

WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA

Played12 Mar 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇰🇿ranked WTA number 3 going into this drawWon

Elena Rybakina seeded 3 6 7

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 5 going into this draw

Jessica Pegula seeded 5 1 64

🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinavJ. PegulaJessica Pegula🇺🇸

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

🇺🇸Jessica Pegula

Match stats

Serve

7

Aces

5

2

Double faults

0

65%

1st serve in

56%

75%

1st serve points won

69%

48%

2nd serve points won

56%

65%

Service points won

63%

4/5

Break points saved

1/4

Return

37%

Return points won

35%

3/4

Break points won

1/5

72

Total points won

63

Head to head

3–0 Rybakina

  1. This matchIndian Wells QFwon by Rybakina
  2. 2026HardMelbourne SFwon by Rybakina
  3. 2025IndoorRiyadh SFwon by Rybakina

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

9–1

6–2

Last 30 days

8–0

By surface

24–6

Hard

24–4

5–0

Indoor hard

2–2

By round

3–3

QF

5–0

3–1

SF

2–4

9–4

At WTA 1000s

16–2

How their matches go

32

Completed matches

32

63%

Won in straight sets

38%

25%

Won after losing a set

44%

9%

Lost after winning a set

9%

3%

Lost in straight sets

9%

4–1

Tiebreaks

6–5

8–3

Deciding sets

14–3

24/24

Won after winning set 1

18/19

4/8

Won after losing set 1

8/13

Serve and return, last 5 matches

58%

1st serve in

65%

72%

1st serve points won

70%

54%

2nd serve points won

49%

68%

Break points saved

52%

43%

Return points won

46%

67%

Break points won

48%

5.8

Aces a match

6.6

2.8

Double faults a match

2.4

Last 14 days

3

Matches

3

7

Sets

8

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentElena RybakinaJessica Pegula
🇺🇦KostyukNo. 28
🇺🇦KostyukNo. 28WonIndian Wells R32LostBrisbane SFWonBeijing R16
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 42
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 42WonIndian Wells R64WonWuhan R32
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 6
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 6WonRiyadh RRWonDubai SFWonMelbourne QF
🇫🇷GrachevaNo. 56
🇫🇷GrachevaNo. 56WonMelbourne R64WonDubai R32
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1WonMelbourne FWonRiyadh FLostWuhan QFLostRiyadh RRWonWuhan SF
🇺🇦YastremskaNo. 49
🇺🇦YastremskaNo. 49WonNingbo R16WonBrisbane R16
Total
Total12–210–3

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElena RybakinaJessica Pegula
1Won🇬🇧S. KartalSonay KartalNo. 52No. 52 · 11 MarIndian Wells R16 · 11 MarWon🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 12No. 12 · 11 MarIndian Wells R16 · 11 Mar
2Won🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 28No. 28 · 9 MarIndian Wells R32 · 9 MarWon🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 26No. 26 · 9 MarIndian Wells R32 · 9 Mar
3Won🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 42No. 42 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 MarWon🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 100No. 100 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 Mar
4Lost🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 66No. 66 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebWon🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 21 FebDubai F · 21 Feb
5Won🇦🇺K. BirrellKimberly BirrellNo. 96No. 96 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 20 FebDubai SF · 20 Feb
6Lost🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 13No. 13 · 12 FebDoha QF · 12 FebWon🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 14No. 14 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 Feb
7Won🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen ZhengNo. 26No. 26 · 11 FebDoha R16 · 11 FebWon🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 20No. 20 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
8Won🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 33No. 33 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebWon🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 73No. 73 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
9Won🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 31 JanMelbourne F · 31 JanLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 5No. 5 · 29 JanMelbourne SF · 29 Jan
10Won🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 6No. 6 · 29 JanMelbourne SF · 29 JanWon🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 28 JanMelbourne QF · 28 Jan