Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Diana Shnaider — Semifinal, Ningbo Open 2025

🇨🇳
Ningbo Open 2025

WTA 500HardNingbo, China

Played18 Oct 2025

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

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 11 going into this drawWon

E. Alexandrova seeded 4 6 6

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 18 going into this draw

Diana Shnaider seeded 7 3 4

🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovavD. ShnaiderDiana Shnaider🇷🇺

🇷🇺Ekaterina Alexandrova

🇷🇺Diana Shnaider

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

2

6

Double faults

3

67%

1st serve in

64%

64%

1st serve points won

53%

56%

2nd serve points won

53%

61%

Service points won

53%

8/10

Break points saved

3/7

Return

47%

Return points won

39%

4/7

Break points won

2/10

75

Total points won

60

Head to head

2–1 Alexandrova

  1. This matchNingbo SFwon by Alexandrova
  2. 2025HardMonterrey Fwon by Shnaider
  3. 2025ClayCharleston R16won by Alexandrova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

6–4

7–3

Last 30 days

3–3

By surface

15–7

Hard

8–6

8–4

Clay

6–3

8–3

Grass

4–4

By round

2–2

SF

1–0

0–2

F

1–0

11–4

At WTA 500s

11–4

How their matches go

44

Completed matches

31

59%

Won in straight sets

39%

9%

Won after losing a set

19%

16%

Lost after winning a set

19%

16%

Lost in straight sets

23%

5–8

Tiebreaks

9–2

4–7

Deciding sets

6–6

28/33

Won after winning set 1

13/15

2/11

Won after losing set 1

5/16

Serve and return, last 5 matches

61%

1st serve in

63%

72%

1st serve points won

64%

50%

2nd serve points won

46%

72%

Break points saved

50%

44%

Return points won

44%

42%

Break points won

51%

4.8

Aces a match

0.6

5.4

Double faults a match

4.4

Last 14 days

5

Matches

4

11

Sets

10

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentEkaterina AlexandrovaDiana Shnaider
🇨🇳Zhu
🇨🇳ZhuLostCanada R64WonNingbo QF
🇨🇳YuanNo. 109
🇨🇳YuanNo. 109WonNingbo R16LostCincinnati R64
🇨🇿SiniakovaNo. 62
🇨🇿SiniakovaNo. 62WonSeoul SFLostWuhan R64
🇦🇺JointNo. 35
🇦🇺JointNo. 35WonCincinnati R32LostBeijing R64
🇵🇱ŚwiątekNo. 2
🇵🇱ŚwiątekNo. 2LostSeoul FLostNew York R16LostBad Homburg QFLostMadrid R16
🇳🇱LamensNo. 59
🇳🇱LamensNo. 59WonLondon R64LostSeoul R16
Total
Total7–65–7

Last 10 matches going in

LatestEkaterina AlexandrovaDiana Shnaider
1Won🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 17 OctNingbo QF · 17 OctWon🇨🇳L. ZhuLin ZhuQF · 17 OctNingbo QF · 17 Oct
2Won🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 109No. 109 · 16 OctNingbo R16 · 16 OctWon🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 22No. 22 · 15 OctNingbo R16 · 15 Oct
3Lost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7No. 7 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 OctWon🇨🇳X. WangXiyu WangNo. 145No. 145 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 Oct
4Won🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 47No. 47 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctLost🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 62No. 62 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 Oct
5Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 23No. 23 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 OctLost🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 46No. 46 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
6Lost🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 39No. 39 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepLost🇳🇱S. LamensSuzan LamensNo. 63No. 63 · 18 SepSeoul R16 · 18 Sep
7Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 21 SepSeoul F · 21 SepWon🇺🇸C. McNallyCaty McNallyNo. 94No. 94 · 17 SepSeoul R32 · 17 Sep
8Won🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 78No. 78 · 20 SepSeoul SF · 20 SepLost🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 52No. 52 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 Aug
9Won🇩🇪E. SeidelElla SeidelNo. 101No. 101 · 20 SepSeoul QF · 20 SepWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 16No. 16 · 23 AugMonterrey F · 23 Aug
10Won🇫🇷L. BoissonLois BoissonR16 · 18 SepSeoul R16 · 18 SepWon🇺🇸A. ParksAlycia ParksNo. 71No. 71 · 22 AugMonterrey SF · 22 Aug