Elena Rybakina vs Katarzyna Kawa — Quarterfinal, Ningbo Open 2026
WTA 500HardNingbo, China
🇰🇿ranked WTA number 1 going into this draw
Elena Rybakina seeded 1
23 Oct 2026 at UTC
🇵🇱ranked WTA number 127 going into this draw
Form
8–2
Won–lost, last 10 matches
5–5
1–1
Won–lost, last 30 days
2–1
🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 102
No. 102 · R16Ningbo R16
B. BencicBelinda Bencic🇨🇭No. 12
No. 12 · R16Ningbo R16
🇦🇲A. CharaevaAlina CharaevaNo. 118
No. 118 · R64Beijing R64
D. SnigurDaria Snigur🇺🇦No. 42
No. 42 · R32Ningbo R32
🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1
No. 1 · FNew York F
D. SnigurDaria Snigur🇺🇦No. 46
No. 46 · R128Beijing R128
🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 4
No. 4 · SFNew York SF
P. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa Gibert🇪🇸No. 115
No. 115 · R32Hamburg R32
🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen Zheng
QFNew York QF
P. UdvardyPanna Udvardy🇭🇺No. 69
No. 69 · R16Iasi R16
🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 13
No. 13 · R16New York R16
S. WaltertSimona Waltert🇨🇭No. 90
No. 90 · R32Iasi R32
🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 74
No. 74 · R32New York R32
P. UdvardyPanna Udvardy🇭🇺No. 97
No. 97 · QFBogota QF
🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 90
No. 90 · R64New York R64
T. MariaTatjana Maria🇩🇪No. 59
No. 59 · R16Bogota R16
🇺🇸T. FrodinThea Frodin
R128New York R128
C. MonnetCarole Monnet🇫🇷No. 172
No. 172 · R32Bogota R32
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 5
No. 5 · QFCincinnati QF
P. IatcenkoPolina Iatcenko🇷🇺No. 186
No. 186 · R16Chennai R16
All 10 matches
🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 13
No. 13 · R16New York R16
S. WaltertSimona Waltert🇨🇭No. 90
No. 90 · R32Iasi R32
🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 74
No. 74 · R32New York R32
P. UdvardyPanna Udvardy🇭🇺No. 97
No. 97 · QFBogota QF
🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 90
No. 90 · R64New York R64
T. MariaTatjana Maria🇩🇪No. 59
No. 59 · R16Bogota R16
🇺🇸T. FrodinThea Frodin
R128New York R128
C. MonnetCarole Monnet🇫🇷No. 172
No. 172 · R32Bogota R32
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 5
No. 5 · QFCincinnati QF
P. IatcenkoPolina Iatcenko🇷🇺No. 186
No. 186 · R16Chennai R16
Stats, last 6 months
By surface
16–3
Hard
2–1
6–3
Clay
1–2
3–3
Grass
–
By round
2–3
QF
–
2–0
SF
–
2–2
At WTA 500s
2–0
How their matches go
32
Completed matches
6
41%
Won in straight sets
33%
34%
Won after losing a set
17%
13%
Lost after winning a set
33%
13%
Lost in straight sets
17%
3–4
Tiebreaks
–
11–4
Deciding sets
1–2
17/20
Won after winning set 1
2/4
7/12
Won after losing set 1
1/2
Serve and return, last 5 matches
53%
1st serve in
54%
75%
1st serve points won
65%
57%
2nd serve points won
47%
50%
Break points saved
51%
41%
Return points won
46%
37%
Break points won
41%
5.2
Aces a match
3.6
4.0
Double faults a match
5.0
Last 14 days
1
Matches
2
1
Sets
5
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