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2026 Elena Rybakina tennis season

2026 Elena Rybakina tennis season
Rybakina at the 2025 DC Open
Full nameElena Rybakina
Country Kazakhstan
Calendar prize money$2,822,932[1]
Singles
Season record11–2 (85%)
Calendar titles1
Current rankingNo. 3 (2 February 2026)
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 2
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian OpenW
Doubles
Season record0–0 ( – )
Current rankingNo. 268
Last updated on: 12 February 2026.
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The 2026 Elena Rybakina tennis season officially began on 4 January 2026, with the start of the Brisbane International in Brisbane.

During this season, Rybakina:

  • Won her second major title at Australian Open
  • Became the first player in 8 years to win the WTA Finals and Australian Open back to back
  • Became the fourth player to defeat both the World No. 1 and No. 2 at the same event three times or more.
  • At the Qatar Open she registered her 400th career win by defeating Xinyu Wang in second round.

Yearly summary

Early hard court season

See also: 2026 Brisbane International - Women's singles

Rybakina began her season at the Brisbane International where she lost to Karolína Muchová in the quarterfinals.[2] This marked an end to Rybakina's 13-match long winning streak since October.

Australian Open

See also: 2026 Australian Open – Women's singles

At the 2026 Australian Open. Seeded 5th, she reached her first major quarterfinals since 2024 Wimbledon Championships. She then defeated World No. 2 Iga Swiatek, in the quarterfinals and World No. 6 Jessica Pegula in the semifinals to reach her second Australian Open final. There, she defeated World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka from 0–3 down in third set in a rematch of their 2023 Australian Open final, winning her first Australian Open and second major title overall. She was the 4th women in open era to defeat the World No. 1 and World No. 2 en route to an Australian Open title. As a result, she moved to No. 3 in the world rankings for the first time since early 2024.

Middle-East Swing

See also: 2026 Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Singles

Following her Australian Open victory, Rybakina next participated in Qatar Open. In the second round she defeated Wang Xinyu to register her 400th career win while simultaneously completing 400 matches on the WTA Tour. She then defeated Qinwen Zheng coming from a set down to reach the quarter finals where she lost to Victoria Mboko 5-7, 6-4, 4-6 despite being up 4-2 in third set.

See also: 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships - Women's singles

She then participated at the Dubai Open where she was seeded first for the first time at a WTA 1000 tournament.

All matches

Main article: Elena Rybakina career statistics

This table chronicles all the matches of Elena Rybakina in 2026.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score
– 1R Bye
1 2R China Shuai Zhang (Q) 79 Win 6–3, 7–5
2 3R Spain Paula Badosa (15) 25 Win 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
3 QF Czech Republic Karolina Muchova (11) 20 Loss 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
4 1R Slovenia Kaja Juvan 100 Win 6–4, 6–3
5 2R France Varvara Gracheva 104 Win 7–5, 6–2
6 3R Czech Republic Tereza Valentova 54 Win 6–2, 6–3
7 4R Belgium Elise Mertens (21) 21 Win 6–1, 6–3
8 QF Poland Iga Świątek (1) 2 Win 7–5, 6–1
9 SF United States Jessica Pegula (6) 6 Win 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
10 W Aryna Sabalenka[a] (1) 1 Win (1) 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
  • Qatar Open
  • Doha, Qatar
  • WTA 1000
  • Hard, outdoor
  • 8 February 2025 – 14 February 2025
 – 1R Bye
11 2R China Xinyu Wang 33 Win 6–2, 6–4
12 3R China Zheng Qinwen 26 Win 4-6, 6–2, 7–5
13 QF Canada Victoria Mboko(10) 13 Loss 5-7, 6-4, 4-6
  • Dubai Open
  • Dubai, UAE
  • WTA 1000
  • Hard, outdoor
  • 15 February 2025 – 21 February 2025
 – 1R Bye
14 2R Australia Kimberly Birrell (Q) 94 TBD Pending

Source:[3]

Schedule

This is Rybakina's current 2026 schedule (subject to change).[4]

Singles schedule

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage.
Date Tournament Location Tier Surface Prev.
result 		Prev.
points 		New
points 		Result
4 January 2026 –
11 January 2026 		Brisbane International Australia WTA 500 Hard A (150)† 108 QF (lost to Karolina Muchova, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6)
18 January 2026 –
1 February 2026 		Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard 4R 240 2000 W (defeated Aryna Sabalenka, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4)
8 February 2026 –
14 February 2026 		Qatar Open Qatar WTA 1000 Hard QF 215 215 QF (lost to Victoria Mboko, 5-7, 6–4, 4–6)
15 February 2025 –
21 February 2025 		Dubai Tennis Championships UAE WTA 1000 Hard SF 390
4 March 2025 –
16 March 2025 		Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 Hard 4R 120
17 March 2025 –
29 March 205 		Miami Open United States WTA 1000 Hard 2R 10
21 April 2025 –
3 May 2025 		Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 Clay 3R 65
7 May 2024 –
18 May 2024 		Italian Open Italy WTA 1000 Clay 3R 65
17 May 2025 –
23 May 2025 		Internationaux de Strasbourg France WTA 500 Clay Winner 500
24 May 2025 –
7 June 2025 		French Open France Grand Slam Clay 4R 240
Total year-end points (as of Dubai Open) 1190 2333
Total year-end points 5850 7241 Increase 1391

† Defending points from another tournament held in the same week.

Yearly records

Head-to-head match-ups

Rybakina has a 11–2 (85%) WTA match win–loss record in the 2026 season. Her record against players who were part of the WTA rankings top ten at the time of their meetings is 3–0 (100%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

Top 10 record

Result W–L Opponent Rk Tournament Surface Rd Score Rk Ref
Win 1–0 Poland Iga Świątek 2 Australian Open, Australia Hard QF 7–5, 6–1 5 [5]
Win 2–0 United States Jessica Pegula 6 Australian Open, Australia Hard SF 6–3, 7–6(9–7) 5 [6]
Win 3–0 Aryna Sabalenka[a] 1 Australian Open, Australia Hard F 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 5 [7]
  • Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

Finals

Singles: 1(1 Title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2026 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard Aryna Sabalenka[a] 6–4, 4–6, 6–4

Earnings

  • Bold font denotes tournament win
Singles
Event Prize money Year-to-date
Brisbane International $37,640 $37,640
Australian Open A$4,150,000 $2,724,432
Qatar Open $98,500 $2,822,932
$2,822,932
Total[1]
$2,822,932

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Russian and Belarus players are not allowed to compete under the name or flag of their country following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "WTA Prize Money Leaders" (PDF). wtafiles.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. ^ Briscomb, Bede. "Semifinals preview: Sabalenka faces Muchova test in title defence". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
  3. ^ "Elena Rybakina WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". Tennis Abstract. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. ^ "WTA Schedule". Live Tennis. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Rybakina pulls away to defeat Swiatek in Australian Open quarterfinals". WTA. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Rybakina survives rally from Pegula to set up Sabalenka rematch in final". The Guardian. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Elena Rybakina rocks Aryna Sabalenka to grab first Australian Open triumph". The Guardian. 31 January 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA Tennis. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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