Aryna Sabalenka def. Anastasia Potapova, 2026 Australian Open Third Round

Match Information

Date: Jan 23, 2026
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2026
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R32

Match Statistics

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Anastasia Potapova
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	73.0%	49.0%
First serve points won %	60.0%	59.0%
Second serve points won %	65.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	43.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	57.0%
Service points won %	62.0%	54.0%
Return points won %	46.0%	38.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%
Match Serve+	+4.6	-2.5
Match Return+	+2.5	-4.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2026 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Anastasia Potapova
Country	BLR	AUT
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Mar 30, 2001
Age	27	24
Height	182 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	55
Ranking points (entering)	10,990	1,106
Elo (entering)	2,252	1,827
Current career W-L	415–144	168–136
Current career earnings	$50,422,999	$6,710,702

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka #1 2 – 0 Anastasia Potapova #55

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Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Zhuoxuan Bai	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2026	R64
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2026	R128

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Victoria Mboko #16	6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2026	R16

Anastasia Potapova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Emma Raducanu #29	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2026	R64
Suzan Lamens #95	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2026	R128