Elena Rybakina outslugged Elina Svitolina in the semifinals of Indian Wells on Friday night, 7-5, 6-4, and given her recent record against the biggest names, it should have come as no surprise.
She’s now won her last 12 matches in a row against Top 10 players, a stretch that dates back five months, to mid-October last year.
The Kazakh’s last loss to a Top 10 player came in early October, to No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals of Wuhan—and the two will meet again in the final here this Sunday, after Sabalenka defeated Linda Noskova in the first semifinal of the day, 6-3, 6-4.
ELENA RYBAKINA VS TOP 10 PLAYERS SINCE MID-OCTOBER 2025: 12-0
- d. No. 8 Paolini in ’25 Ningbo SFs, 6-3, 6-2
- d. No. 10 Alexandrova in ’25 Ningbo F, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
- d. No. 4 Anisimova in ’25 WTA Finals RR, 6-3, 6-1
- d. No. 2 Swiatek in ’25 WTA Finals RR, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
- d. No. 10 Alexandrova in ’25 WTA Finals RR, 6-4, 6-4
- d. No. 5 Pegula in ’25 WTA Finals SFs, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- d. No. 1 Sabalenka in ’25 WTA Finals F, 6-3, 7-6 (0)
- d. No. 2 Swiatek in ’26 Australian Open QFs, 7-5, 6-1
- d. No. 6 Pegula in ’26 Australian Open SFs, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- d. No. 1 Sabalenka in ’26 Australian Open F, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- d. No. 5 Pegula in ’26 Indian Wells QFs, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- d. No. 9 Svitolina in ’26 Indian Wells SFs, 7-5, X-X
More to come…
