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20 - Elena Rybakina is 20-1 in 2026 when landing at least 60% of first serves and winning at least 70% of first-serve points in a match, with her only loss coming against Alexandra Eala in Berlin Ro16. Pledge. #TorayPPO

3 - Elena Rybakina is the third player to win multiple WTA 500 singles titles in three consecutive years since the category's reformatting in 2009, joining Serena Williams (2012–2014) and Karolína Plíšková (2017–2019). Annuity. #NingboOpen

7 - Elena Rybakina has won seven WTA 500 titles, tied for the fourth-most since the category's reformatting in 2009. Only Petra Kvitová (14), Caroline Wozniacki (10), and Karolína Plíšková (9) have won more. Calibre. #NingboOpen

6 - Elena Rybakina has reached six Tour finals in 2026, surpassing her previous single-season highs in 2020 and 2024 (5). Stratum. #NingboOpen

6 - Elena Rybakina has won a match after winning two 6-1 sets for the sixth time on Tour, but only the second time in three sets, after Strasbourg 2025 final against Liudmila Samsonova (6-1 6-7 6-1). Seesaw. #NingboOpen

117 - Elena Rybakina is the fourth-quickest player to reach 80 WTA 500 or equivalent main draw wins since its reformatting in 2009, getting there in her 117th match. Only Petra Kvitová (112), Aryna Sabalenka (112), and Caroline Wozniacki (113) did it faster. Rapid. #NingboOpen

2 - Since both moved to hard courts in 1988, this is only the second time the Australian Open and US Open featured the same women's singles final in the same year, after Steffi Graf–Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1994, and the fourth time overall in the Open Era. Rare. #USOpen

6 - Elena Rybakina is the sixth player this century to reach both hard-court Grand Slam finals in the same year, after Lindsay Davenport (2000), Justine Henin (2006), Victoria Azarenka (2012-2013), Angelique Kerber (2016), and Aryna Sabalenka (2023-2026). Sustained. #USOpen

4 & 9 - Elena Rybakina has become the fourth player this decade to record a Top 10 win at all four Grand Slams, joining Madison Keys, Coco Gauff, and Karolína Muchová. She also leads the WTA this season in Top 10 wins at both Grand Slams (4) and on Tour (9). Cover. #USOpen

3/4 - Elena Rybakina is one of five active player to reach at least three of the four Grand Slam finals, alongside Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Aryna Sabalenka, and Iga Świątek. Benchmark. #USOpen

7 - Elena Rybakina has come back to win a Grand Slam main draw match for the first time since Wimbledon 2023 first round against Shelby Rogers, thereby snapping a seven-match losing streak after dropping the first set spanning all four majors. Liberating. #USOpen