Jessica Pegula def. Belinda Bencic — Round of 16, Indian Wells Open 2026
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Indian Wells Open 2026
WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA2 – 15 Mar
Rounds
🇺🇸5 seedWon
🇨🇭12 seed
Points earned
+215
Pegula · Bencic banks 120
Around this match
Seeds left
13 of 22 — nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7…
Both roads here
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Pegula
Round
Bencic
🇭🇷Donna Vekic
4-6 6-2 6-3
R64
Storm Hunter🇦🇺
6-3 6-2
🇱🇻Jelena Ostapenko
4-6 6-3 6-2
R32
Elise Mertens🇧🇪
6-2 6-3
Jessica Pegula and Belinda Bencic reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 64: Jessica Pegula beat Donna Vekic; Belinda Bencic beat Storm Hunter. Round of 32: Jessica Pegula beat Jelena Ostapenko; Belinda Bencic beat Elise Mertens
How they arrived
derived from those scorelines
4–2
Sets won
4–0
59%
Games won
71%
0–0
Tiebreaks
0–0
2
Deciding sets
0
Jessica Pegula left, Belinda Bencicright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.