Belinda Bencic def. Yuliia Starodubtseva — Round of 16, Ningbo 2025

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Ningbo 2025

WTA 500HardNingbo, China

Played15 Oct 2025

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

🇨🇭ranked WTA number 15 going into this drawWon

Belinda Bencic seeded 6 5 6 7

🇺🇦ranked WTA number 131 going into this draw

Yuliia Starodubtseva 7 4 5

🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicvY. StarodubtsevaYuliia Starodubtseva🇺🇦

🇨🇭Belinda Bencic

🇺🇦Yuliia Starodubtseva

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

1

4

Double faults

6

58%

1st serve in

54%

66%

1st serve points won

65%

53%

2nd serve points won

46%

60%

Service points won

56%

7/12

Break points saved

10/16

Return

44%

Return points won

40%

6/16

Break points won

5/12

116

Total points won

107

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

3–7

5–2

Last 30 days

1–1

By surface

7–5

Hard

3–6

3–2

Clay

5–2

5–2

Grass

1–2

By round

1–3

R16

0–1

1–0

QF

–

1–1

At WTA 500s

1–1

How their matches go

22

Completed matches

19

41%

Won in straight sets

26%

23%

Won after losing a set

21%

9%

Lost after winning a set

5%

27%

Lost in straight sets

47%

6–3

Tiebreaks

3–2

5–2

Deciding sets

4–1

12/14

Won after winning set 1

5/5

2/8

Won after losing set 1

4/14

Serve and return, last 5 matches

64%

1st serve in

57%

70%

1st serve points won

53%

46%

2nd serve points won

49%

65%

Break points saved

55%

42%

Return points won

42%

51%

Break points won

47%

1.8

Aces a match

0.6

3.8

Double faults a match

2.4

Last 14 days

3

Matches

1

6

Sets

2

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentBelinda BencicYuliia Starodubtseva
🇺🇸LiNo. 46
🇺🇸LiNo. 46LostNew York R64LostCleveland R32
🇩🇰TausonNo. 12
🇩🇰TausonNo. 12WonMadrid R64LostCanada R32
🇷🇺AndreevaNo. 5
🇷🇺AndreevaNo. 5WonLondon QFLostMadrid R16
🇮🇹CocciarettoNo. 92
🇮🇹CocciarettoNo. 92WonLondon R32WonMadrid R64
Total
Total3–11–3

Last 10 matches going in

LatestBelinda BencicYuliia Starodubtseva
1Won🇵🇱M. LinetteMagda LinetteNo. 40No. 40 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 OctWon🇰🇿Y. PutintsevaYulia PutintsevaNo. 63No. 63 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 Oct
2Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 OctLost🇦🇺A. TomljanovicAjla TomljanovicNo. 89No. 89 · 25 SepBeijing R128 · 25 Sep
3Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctLost🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 78No. 78 · 24 AugNew York R128 · 24 Aug
4Won🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 69No. 69 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 OctLost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64No. 64 · 17 AugCleveland R32 · 17 Aug
5Lost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 SepLost🇫🇷L. JeanjeanLeolia JeanjeanNo. 98No. 98 · 8 AugCincinnati R128 · 8 Aug
6Won🇦🇺P. HonPriscilla HonR32 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 SepLost🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 19No. 19 · 1 AugCanada R32 · 1 Aug
7Won🇺🇸K. VolynetsKatie VolynetsNo. 108No. 108 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepWon🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 24No. 24 · 30 JulCanada R64 · 30 Jul
8Lost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 69No. 69 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugWon🇨🇳Y. WangYafan WangR128 · 28 JulCanada R128 · 28 Jul
9Won🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 114No. 114 · 24 AugNew York R128 · 24 AugLost🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 24No. 24 · 21 JulWashington R32 · 21 Jul
10Lost🇷🇺V. KudermetovaVeronika KudermetovaR64 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 AugLost🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 19No. 19 · 3 JulLondon R64 · 3 Jul