Aryna Sabalenka def. Qinwen Zheng — Round of 16, Miami Open 2026

🇺🇸
Miami Open 2026

WTA 1000HardMiami, USA

Played23 Mar 2026

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

🇧🇾ranked WTA number 1 going into this drawWon

Aryna Sabalenka seeded 1 6 6

🇨🇳ranked WTA number 26 going into this draw

Qinwen Zheng seeded 23 3 4

🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkavQ. ZhengQinwen Zheng🇨🇳

🇧🇾Aryna Sabalenka

🇨🇳Qinwen Zheng

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

8

1

Double faults

5

66%

1st serve in

40%

76%

1st serve points won

83%

55%

2nd serve points won

40%

69%

Service points won

57%

3/4

Break points saved

2/5

Return

43%

Return points won

31%

3/5

Break points won

1/4

69

Total points won

53

Head to head

7–1 Sabalenka

  1. This matchMiami R16won by Sabalenka
  2. 2025ClayParis QFwon by Sabalenka
  3. 2025ClayRome QFwon by Zheng
  4. 2025HardMiami QFwon by Sabalenka
  5. 2024HardRiyadh RRwon by Sabalenka
  6. 2024HardWuhan Fwon by Sabalenka
  7. 2024HardNew York QFwon by Sabalenka
  8. 2024HardMelbourne Fwon by Sabalenka

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

5–5

8–0

Last 30 days

2–1

By surface

22–2

Hard

5–3

4–1

Indoor hard

–

By round

4–0

R16

0–1

4–0

QF

–

11–1

At WTA 1000s

5–3

How their matches go

29

Completed matches

7

76%

Won in straight sets

29%

14%

Won after losing a set

43%

7%

Lost after winning a set

14%

3%

Lost in straight sets

14%

7–2

Tiebreaks

1–0

4–2

Deciding sets

3–1

24/25

Won after winning set 1

3/4

2/4

Won after losing set 1

2/3

Serve and return, last 5 matches

64%

1st serve in

57%

68%

1st serve points won

71%

59%

2nd serve points won

51%

69%

Break points saved

71%

41%

Return points won

40%

31%

Break points won

38%

7.0

Aces a match

7.4

2.6

Double faults a match

4.6

Last 14 days

6

Matches

2

13

Sets

5

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentAryna SabalenkaQinwen Zheng
🇺🇸KeysNo. 15
🇺🇸KeysNo. 15WonBrisbane QFWonMiami R32
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3WonIndian Wells FLostMelbourne FLostRiyadh FWonWuhan QFLostDoha R16
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 14
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 14WonIndian Wells SFLostBeijing R32
Total
Total4–21–2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestAryna SabalenkaQinwen Zheng
1Won🇺🇸C. McNallyCaty McNallyNo. 68No. 68 · 22 MarMiami R32 · 22 MarWon🇺🇸M. KeysMadison KeysNo. 15No. 15 · 22 MarMiami R32 · 22 Mar
2Won🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 41No. 41 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 MarWon🇺🇸S. StephensSloane StephensR64 · 21 MarMiami R64 · 21 Mar
3Won🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 3No. 3 · 15 MarIndian Wells F · 15 MarLost🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 51No. 51 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 Mar
4Won🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 14No. 14 · 13 MarIndian Wells SF · 13 MarLost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 3No. 3 · 11 FebDoha R16 · 11 Feb
5Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 10No. 10 · 12 MarIndian Wells QF · 12 MarWon🇺🇸A. ParksAlycia ParksNo. 85No. 85 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 Feb
6Won🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 16No. 16 · 10 MarIndian Wells R16 · 10 MarWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 9 FebDoha R64 · 9 Feb
7Won🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 33No. 33 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 MarLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 29No. 29 · 29 SepBeijing R32 · 29 Sep
8Won🇯🇵H. SakatsumeHimeno SakatsumeNo. 135No. 135 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 MarWon🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 53No. 53 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
9Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 5No. 5 · 31 JanMelbourne F · 31 JanLost🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 78No. 78 · 1 JulLondon R128 · 1 Jul
10Won🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 12No. 12 · 29 JanMelbourne SF · 29 JanLost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 16No. 16 · 14 JunLondon SF · 14 Jun