Elena Rybakina vs Leylah Fernandez — Final, Ningbo Open 2026
WTA 500HardNingbo, China
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🇰🇿ranked WTA number 1 going into this draw
Elena Rybakina seeded 1
25 Oct 2026 at UTC
Form
9–1
Won–lost, last 10 matches
8–2
3–1
Won–lost, last 30 days
9–2
🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 13
No. 13 · SFNingbo SF
M. BouzkovaMarie Bouzkova🇨🇿No. 28
No. 28 · SFNingbo SF
🇵🇱K. KawaKatarzyna KawaNo. 127
No. 127 · QFNingbo QF
E. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺No. 24
No. 24 · QFNingbo QF
🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 102
No. 102 · R16Ningbo R16
A. SasnovichAliaksandra Sasnovich🇧🇾No. 118
No. 118 · R16Ningbo R16
🇦🇲A. CharaevaAlina CharaevaNo. 118
No. 118 · R64Beijing R64
E. MertensElise Mertens🇧🇪No. 14
No. 14 · R32Ningbo R32
🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1
No. 1 · FNew York F
J. OstapenkoJelena Ostapenko🇱🇻No. 32
No. 32 · R16Wuhan R16
🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 4
No. 4 · SFNew York SF
H. ShiHan Shi🇨🇳No. 231
No. 231 · R32Wuhan R32
🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen Zheng
QFNew York QF
E. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺No. 28
No. 28 · R64Wuhan R64
🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 13
No. 13 · R16New York R16
K. RakhimovaKamilla Rakhimova🇺🇿No. 76
No. 76 · R64Beijing R64
🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 74
No. 74 · R32New York R32
T. GibsonTalia Gibson🇦🇺No. 62
No. 62 · FSingapore F
🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 90
No. 90 · R64New York R64
M. ChwalinskaMaja Chwalinska🇵🇱No. 26
No. 26 · SFSingapore SF
All 10 matches
🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 4
No. 4 · SFNew York SF
H. ShiHan Shi🇨🇳No. 231
No. 231 · R32Wuhan R32
🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen Zheng
QFNew York QF
E. AlexandrovaEkaterina Alexandrova🇷🇺No. 28
No. 28 · R64Wuhan R64
🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 13
No. 13 · R16New York R16
K. RakhimovaKamilla Rakhimova🇺🇿No. 76
No. 76 · R64Beijing R64
🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 74
No. 74 · R32New York R32
T. GibsonTalia Gibson🇦🇺No. 62
No. 62 · FSingapore F
🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 90
No. 90 · R64New York R64
M. ChwalinskaMaja Chwalinska🇵🇱No. 26
No. 26 · SFSingapore SF
Head to head
2–1 Rybakina
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, last 6 months
5–3
6 players
4–3
Lost6-7 1-6London R32 · No. 26
Won2-6 6-3 7-5Ningbo R32 · No. 14
Won6-1 6-4New York R16 · No. 13
Won4-6 7-6 6-4Canada QF · No. 13
Lost4-6 4-6Canada R16 · No. 13
Won6-4 7-6Cincinnati R32 · No. 41
Won6-4 3-6 6-4Strasbourg R16 · No. 45
Won6-2 7-5Canada R32 · No. 31
Won6-3 6-2Madrid R16 · No. 36
Lost5-7 4-6Berlin R16 · No. 33
Won6-4 6-3Rome R32 · No. 44
Lost2-6 6-7Washington R16 · No. 28
Lost5-7 6-2 4-6London QF · No. 71
Won6-7 6-3 6-3Bad Homburg R32 · No. 56
Lost6-3 6-7 5-7London R32 · No. 71
Stats, last 6 months
By surface
18–3
Hard
16–6
6–3
Clay
4–4
3–3
Grass
1–4
By round
1–1
F
1–0
4–2
At WTA 500s
13–4
How their matches go
34
Completed matches
35
41%
Won in straight sets
37%
35%
Won after losing a set
23%
12%
Lost after winning a set
17%
12%
Lost in straight sets
23%
3–4
Tiebreaks
0–7
12–4
Deciding sets
8–6
19/22
Won after winning set 1
16/20
7/12
Won after losing set 1
5/15
Serve and return, last 5 matches
54%
1st serve in
63%
75%
1st serve points won
63%
51%
2nd serve points won
46%
55%
Break points saved
59%
44%
Return points won
49%
38%
Break points won
52%
6.0
Aces a match
2.6
4.8
Double faults a match
6.2
Last 14 days
3
Matches
7
6
Sets
19
0
Days since last match
0
At the Ningbo Open
E. RybakinaElena Rybakina2025 · Champion
- WonYastremska6-4 6-7 6-3
- WonTomljanovic6-2 6-0
- WonPaolini6-3 6-2
- WonAlexandrova3-6 6-0 6-2
Defends 500 pts