SF Ningbo Open 2025

Elena Rybakina #9 def. Jasmine Paolini #8

6-3 6-2

Elena Rybakina defeated Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2 in the 2025 Ningbo Open semifinal on hard courts on October 18, 2025.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatElena RybakinaJasmine Paolini
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
100
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
42
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
52.5%65.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
87.5%64.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
44.8%37.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%70.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
67.2%55.1%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
30.0%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
44.9%32.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.4%44.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+10.4-1.8
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.8-10.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2025 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Win Probability

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Player Comparison

FieldElena RybakinaJasmine Paolini
Country KAZ ITA
Birth dateJun 17, 1999Jan 4, 1996
Age2629
Height184 cm163 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)98
Ranking points (entering)4,1134,331
Elo (entering)2,0512,056
Current career W-L319–130179–142
Current career earnings$35,539,662$16,709,849
Pre-match H2H

Path

Elena Rybakina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ajla Tomljanovic #1046-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataOct 17, 2025QF
Dayana Yastremska #306-4 6-7(6) 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 16, 2025R16

Elena Rybakina's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ekaterina Alexandrova #103-6 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 19, 2025F

Jasmine Paolini's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Belinda Bencic #145-7 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 17, 2025QF
Veronika Kudermetova #316-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataOct 16, 2025R16