2026 Elena Rybakina tennis season

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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. This was Rybakina's best season on the tour so far in her career where she won two major titles at the Australian Open and the US Open, defeating arch-rival Aryna Sabalenka both times and ended the year ranked no.1 in the world. She became only the sixth player to win both hardcourt majors in the same year. She also usurped Sabalenka to become 30th player to reach the world no. 1 on 14 September 2026 following her US Open victory. She reached the final of two WTA 1000 tournaments at Indian Wells Open, losing to Sabalenka and the Canadian Open where lost to Iga Świątek. At WTA 500 level, she won two titles, in Stuttgart defeating Karolína Muchová in the final, and in Ningbo, where she beat Leylah Fernandez. She won 12 consecutive matches against top 10 players, becoming fifth player to do so in the 21st century. She defeated Wang Xinyu at the Qatar Open to...

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