Elena Rybakina def. Talia Gibson — 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 2 going into this drawWon

Elena Rybakina seeded 3 6 6

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 68 going into this draw

Talia Gibson 2 2

🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinavT. GibsonTalia Gibson🇦🇺

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

🇦🇺Talia Gibson

Match stats

Serve

8

Aces

1

0

Double faults

1

73%

1st serve in

62%

84%

1st serve points won

52%

50%

2nd serve points won

53%

75%

Service points won

52%

1/1

Break points saved

3/7

Return

48%

Return points won

25%

4/7

Break points won

0/1

57

Total points won

37

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

8–2

7–1

Last 30 days

7–1

By surface

28–7

Hard

8–5

5–0

Indoor hard

–

By round

7–1

R16

1–0

4–3

QF

0–1

13–5

At WTA 1000s

7–1

How their matches go

37

Completed matches

13

65%

Won in straight sets

46%

22%

Won after losing a set

15%

11%

Lost after winning a set

23%

3%

Lost in straight sets

15%

5–2

Tiebreaks

2–2

8–4

Deciding sets

2–3

28/29

Won after winning set 1

8/10

4/8

Won after losing set 1

0/3

Serve and return, last 5 matches

61%

1st serve in

60%

74%

1st serve points won

73%

55%

2nd serve points won

50%

75%

Break points saved

68%

41%

Return points won

42%

42%

Break points won

53%

7.0

Aces a match

4.8

1.8

Double faults a match

3.6

Last 14 days

7

Matches

5

15

Sets

12

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentElena RybakinaTalia Gibson
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 14
🇨🇿NoskovaNo. 14LostTokyo SFWonWuhan R16LostIndian Wells QF
🇮🇹PaoliniNo. 7
🇮🇹PaoliniNo. 7WonNingbo SFWonIndian Wells R16
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 11
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 11WonRiyadh RRWonNingbo FWonIndian Wells R64
🇨🇦MbokoNo. 10
🇨🇦MbokoNo. 10LostDoha QFWonTokyo QFLostHong Kong R32
🇨🇳WangNo. 30
🇨🇳WangNo. 30WonDoha R32LostHobart R32
🇺🇦YastremskaNo. 52
🇺🇦YastremskaNo. 52WonNingbo R16LostBrisbane R64
Total
Total7–22–4

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElena RybakinaTalia Gibson
1Won🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 28No. 28 · 22 MarMiami R32 · 22 MarWon🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 18No. 18 · 22 MarMiami R32 · 22 Mar
2Won🇰🇿Y. PutintsevaYulia PutintsevaNo. 76No. 76 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 MarWon🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 16No. 16 · 21 MarMiami R64 · 21 Mar
3Lost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 15 MarIndian Wells F · 15 MarWon🇨🇿S. BejlekSara BejlekNo. 40No. 40 · 19 MarMiami R128 · 19 Mar
4Won🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 13 MarIndian Wells SF · 13 MarLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 14No. 14 · 12 MarIndian Wells QF · 12 Mar
5Won🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 12 MarIndian Wells QF · 12 MarWon🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 7No. 7 · 10 MarIndian Wells R16 · 10 Mar
6Won🇬🇧S. KartalSonay KartalNo. 52No. 52 · 11 MarIndian Wells R16 · 11 MarWon🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 17No. 17 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 Mar
7Won🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 28No. 28 · 9 MarIndian Wells R32 · 9 MarWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar
8Won🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 42No. 42 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 MarWon🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 39No. 39 · 4 MarIndian Wells R128 · 4 Mar
9Lost🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 66No. 66 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebLost🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 23No. 23 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 Jan
10Won🇦🇺K. BirrellKimberly BirrellNo. 96No. 96 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 62No. 62 · 18 JanMelbourne R128 · 18 Jan