Elena Rybakina def. Karolina Pliskova — Round of 16, Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2026

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Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2026

WTA 1000ClayRome, Italy

Played11 May 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇰🇿ranked WTA number 2 going into this drawWon

Elena Rybakina seeded 2 6 6

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 130 going into this draw

Karolina Pliskova 0 2

🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinavK. PliskovaKarolina Pliskova🇨🇿

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova

Match stats

Serve

1

Aces

2

3

Double faults

5

55%

1st serve in

59%

70%

1st serve points won

50%

58%

2nd serve points won

22%

64%

Service points won

39%

2/3

Break points saved

3/9

Return

61%

Return points won

36%

6/9

Break points won

1/3

54

Total points won

32

Head to head

2–0 Rybakina

  1. This matchRome R16won by Rybakina
  2. 2024HardMelbourne R128won by Rybakina

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

8–2

8–1

Last 30 days

7–1

By surface

8–1

Clay

9–2

21–5

Hard

4–3

By round

6–2

R16

2–1

4–2

QF

0–2

16–5

At WTA 1000s

9–2

How their matches go

33

Completed matches

16

64%

Won in straight sets

50%

21%

Won after losing a set

25%

9%

Lost after winning a set

13%

6%

Lost in straight sets

13%

4–3

Tiebreaks

6–1

7–3

Deciding sets

4–2

23/24

Won after winning set 1

9/10

5/9

Won after losing set 1

3/6

Serve and return, last 5 matches

57%

1st serve in

70%

67%

1st serve points won

65%

49%

2nd serve points won

40%

38%

Break points saved

58%

45%

Return points won

44%

50%

Break points won

50%

5.4

Aces a match

2.4

2.2

Double faults a match

7.6

Last 14 days

3

Matches

5

6

Sets

13

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentElena RybakinaKarolina Pliskova
🇬🇷SakkariNo. 37
🇬🇷SakkariNo. 37WonRome R64WonMadrid R64
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 56
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 56LostMadrid R16LostMadrid QF
🇧🇪MertensNo. 21
🇧🇪MertensNo. 21WonMelbourne R16WonMadrid R32
🇨🇿MuchováNo. 11
🇨🇿MuchováNo. 11WonStuttgart FLostBrisbane QFLostDoha R16
Total
Total3–22–2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElena RybakinaKarolina Pliskova
1Won🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 44No. 44 · 10 MayRome R32 · 10 MayWon🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 47No. 47 · 10 MayRome R32 · 10 May
2Won🇬🇷M. SakkariMaria SakkariNo. 37No. 37 · 8 MayRome R64 · 8 MayWon🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 33No. 33 · 8 MayRome R64 · 8 May
3Lost🇦🇹A. PotapovaAnastasia PotapovaNo. 54No. 54 · 27 AprMadrid R16 · 27 AprWon🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 50No. 50 · 6 MayRome R128 · 6 May
4Won🇨🇳Q. ZhengQinwen ZhengNo. 37No. 37 · 26 AprMadrid R32 · 26 AprLost🇦🇹A. PotapovaAnastasia PotapovaNo. 54No. 54 · 29 AprMadrid QF · 29 Apr
5Won🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 61No. 61 · 24 AprMadrid R64 · 24 AprWon🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 90No. 90 · 27 AprMadrid R16 · 27 Apr
6Won🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12No. 12 · 19 AprStuttgart F · 19 AprWon🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 20No. 20 · 26 AprMadrid R32 · 26 Apr
7Won🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 10No. 10 · 18 AprStuttgart SF · 18 AprWon🇬🇷M. SakkariMaria SakkariNo. 38No. 38 · 24 AprMadrid R64 · 24 Apr
8Won🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 25No. 25 · 17 AprStuttgart QF · 17 AprWon🇦🇹S. KrausSinja KrausNo. 120No. 120 · 22 AprMadrid R128 · 22 Apr
9Won🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 19No. 19 · 16 AprStuttgart R16 · 16 AprLost🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 115No. 115 · 10 AprLinz QF · 10 Apr
10Lost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 26 MarMiami SF · 26 MarWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 13No. 13 · 9 AprLinz R16 · 9 Apr