Ekaterina Alexandrova def. McCartney Kessler — Quarterfinal, Ningbo 2025
WTA 500HardNingbo, China
Played17 Oct 2025
🇷🇺ranked WTA number 11 going into this drawWon
E. Alexandrova seeded 4 6 6
🇷🇺Ekaterina Alexandrova
🇺🇸McCartney Kessler
Match stats
Serve
5
Aces
2
2
Double faults
2
61%
1st serve in
78%
73%
1st serve points won
59%
46%
2nd serve points won
33%
63%
Service points won
54%
10/11
Break points saved
8/12
Return
46%
Return points won
38%
4/12
Break points won
1/11
77
Total points won
64
Stats, 6 months going in
Won–lost
6–4
Last 10 matches
6–4
6–3
Last 30 days
5–2
By surface
14–7
Hard
9–6
9–4
Clay
0–4
8–3
Grass
6–2
By round
4–2
QF
1–0
2–2
SF
1–0
11–4
At WTA 500s
3–3
How their matches go
44
Completed matches
26
59%
Won in straight sets
42%
9%
Won after losing a set
12%
16%
Lost after winning a set
23%
16%
Lost in straight sets
23%
5–8
Tiebreaks
4–6
4–7
Deciding sets
3–6
28/33
Won after winning set 1
13/16
2/11
Won after losing set 1
1/10
Serve and return, last 5 matches
62%
1st serve in
60%
71%
1st serve points won
62%
49%
2nd serve points won
40%
58%
Break points saved
57%
41%
Return points won
47%
41%
Break points won
70%
4.0
Aces a match
3.0
6.2
Double faults a match
3.8
Last 14 days
4
Matches
3
9
Sets
7
1
Days since last match
1
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
| Opponent | Ekaterina Alexandrova | McCartney Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇿KrejcikovaNo. 32 | ||
| 🇨🇿KrejcikovaNo. 32 | LostBeijing R64 | WonBeijing R32 |
| 🇧🇪MertensNo. 21 | ||
| 🇧🇪MertensNo. 21 | Lost's-Hertogenbosch SF | WonBeijing R64 |
| 🇩🇪SeidelNo. 85 | ||
| 🇩🇪SeidelNo. 85 | WonSeoul QF | LostCincinnati R32 |
| 🇦🇺JointNo. 35 | ||
| 🇦🇺JointNo. 35 | WonCincinnati R32 | WonCanada R64 |
| 🇷🇺AndreevaNo. 5 | ||
| 🇷🇺AndreevaNo. 5 | WonStuttgart R16 | WonCanada R32 |
| 🇨🇳Zhu | ||
| 🇨🇳Zhu | LostCanada R64 | WonNottingham R16 |
| Total | ||
| Total | 3–3 | 5–1 |