Elena Rybakina vs Polina Kudermetova — Round of 16, Ningbo Open 2026
WTA 500HardNingbo, China
🇰🇿ranked WTA number 1 going into this draw
Elena Rybakina seeded 1
21 Oct 2026 at UTC
Form
8–2
Won–lost, last 10 matches
4–6
0–1
Won–lost, last 30 days
3–2
🇦🇲A. CharaevaAlina CharaevaNo. 118
No. 118 · R64Beijing R64
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 38
No. 38 · R32Ningbo R32
🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1
No. 1 · FNew York F
M. AndreevaMirra Andreeva🇷🇺No. 5
No. 5 · R32Beijing R32
🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 4
No. 4 · SFNew York SF
C. TausonClara Tauson🇩🇰No. 44
No. 44 · R64Beijing R64
🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen Zheng
QFNew York QF
Y. MaYexin Ma🇨🇳No. 161
No. 161 · R128Beijing R128
🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 13
No. 13 · R16New York R16
K. RakhimovaKamilla Rakhimova🇺🇿No. 76
No. 76 · R32Seoul R32
🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 74
No. 74 · R32New York R32
A. KorneevaAlina Korneeva🇷🇺No. 89
No. 89 · R128Canada R128
🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 90
No. 90 · R64New York R64
E. SvitolinaElina Svitolina🇺🇦No. 10
No. 10 · R16Washington R16
🇺🇸T. FrodinThea Frodin
R128New York R128
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 40
No. 40 · R32Washington R32
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 5
No. 5 · QFCincinnati QF
M. SakkariMaria Sakkari🇬🇷No. 43
No. 43 · R32Athens R32
🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 14
No. 14 · R16Cincinnati R16
L. SamsonovaLiudmila Samsonova🇷🇺No. 42
No. 42 · R128London R128
All 10 matches
🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 74
No. 74 · R32New York R32
A. KorneevaAlina Korneeva🇷🇺No. 89
No. 89 · R128Canada R128
🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 90
No. 90 · R64New York R64
E. SvitolinaElina Svitolina🇺🇦No. 10
No. 10 · R16Washington R16
🇺🇸T. FrodinThea Frodin
R128New York R128
C. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸No. 40
No. 40 · R32Washington R32
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 5
No. 5 · QFCincinnati QF
M. SakkariMaria Sakkari🇬🇷No. 43
No. 43 · R32Athens R32
🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 14
No. 14 · R16Cincinnati R16
L. SamsonovaLiudmila Samsonova🇷🇺No. 42
No. 42 · R128London R128
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, last 6 months
2–1
3 players
0–3
Won6-4 4-6 6-4Canada R16 · No. 70
Lost3-6 3-6London R128 · No. 42
Lost6-2 4-6 4-6Rome QF · No. 7
Lost6-7 4-6Washington R16 · No. 10
Won6-4 6-1Rome R64 · No. 37
Lost0-6 6-7Athens R32 · No. 43
Stats, last 6 months
By surface
15–3
Hard
4–5
6–3
Clay
–
3–3
Grass
0–2
By round
5–2
R16
0–1
2–3
QF
–
1–2
At WTA 500s
2–2
How their matches go
32
Completed matches
10
41%
Won in straight sets
10%
34%
Won after losing a set
30%
13%
Lost after winning a set
10%
13%
Lost in straight sets
50%
3–4
Tiebreaks
2–4
11–4
Deciding sets
3–1
17/20
Won after winning set 1
2/2
7/12
Won after losing set 1
2/8
Last 14 days
0
Matches
1
0
Sets
2
17
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