H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC
Elena Rybakina holds a 1–0 lead over Kimberly Birrell in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Elena Rybakina leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Elena Rybakina won the 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships second round 6-1 6-2.
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| Player | Score | Player | Match Data | Date | Round | Tournament | Category | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Rybakina | 6-1 6-2 | Kimberly Birrell | Match data | Feb 17, 2026 | R32 | Dubai Tennis Championships | WTA 1000 | Hard |
Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.
| Player | Current | Peak | Pts | Elo | W | L | Win % | GS | 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories | Finals | 500 including documented historical predecessor categories | 250 including documented historical predecessor categories | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Rybakina | #2 | #2 | 8,705 | 2,249 | 315 | 129 | 70.9% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Kimberly Birrell | #71 | #60 | 999 | 1,834 | 48 | 62 | 43.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.
| Age | Elena Rybakina | Kimberly Birrell | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | W-L | Win % | Rank | Elo | GS | Titles | Yr | W-L | Win % | Rank | Elo | GS | Titles | |
| 18 | 2017 | 0–1 | 0.0% | #435 | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | 1–2 | 33.3% | #516 | 1,508 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 2018 | 3–2 | 60.0% | #182 | 1,568 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2019 | 23–10 | 69.7% | #37 | 1,756 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | 2020 | 29–11 | 72.5% | #19 | 1,874 | 0 | 2 | 2019 | 3–2 | 60.0% | #250 | 1,516 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 2021 | 32–22 | 59.3% | #14 | 1,866 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2022 | 38–22 | 63.3% | #21 | 1,904 | 1 | 3 | 2021 | 2–3 | 40.0% | #741 | 1,517 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 2023 | 46–17 | 73.0% | #4 | 2,025 | 1 | 5 | 2022 | 1–1 | 50.0% | #174 | 1,486 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 2024 | 42–13 | 76.4% | #6 | 2,070 | 1 | 8 | 2023 | 8–10 | 44.4% | #115 | 1,557 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 2025 | 53–18 | 74.6% | #5 | 2,172 | 1 | 11 | 2024 | 7–8 | 46.7% | #113 | 1,688 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 2026 | 49–13 | 79.0% | #2 | 2,190 | 3 | 14 | 2025 | 14–18 | 43.8% | #98 | 1,678 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 | 12–18 | 40.0% | #71 | 1,695 | 0 | 0 |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.
| Age | Elena Rybakina | Kimberly Birrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yr | Hard | Clay | Grass | Yr | Hard | Clay | Grass | |||||||||||||||||||
| W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | |||
| 18 | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 66.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2019 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 66.7% | 8 | 3 | 11 | 72.7% | 3 | 1 | 4 | 75.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | 2020 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 73.3% | 7 | 3 | 10 | 70.0% | — | — | — | — | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 60.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | 2021 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 55.6% | 5 | 3 | 8 | 62.5% | 7 | 3 | 10 | 70.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2022 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 60.5% | 7 | 5 | 12 | 58.3% | 8 | 2 | 10 | 80.0% | 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 40.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | 2023 | 32 | 12 | 44 | 72.7% | 9 | 3 | 12 | 75.0% | 5 | 2 | 7 | 71.4% | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 2024 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 72.7% | 12 | 2 | 14 | 85.7% | 6 | 2 | 8 | 75.0% | 2023 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 46.2% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 26 | 2025 | 39 | 12 | 51 | 76.5% | 9 | 3 | 12 | 75.0% | 5 | 3 | 8 | 62.5% | 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 41.7% | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 27 | 2026 | 36 | 7 | 43 | 83.7% | 10 | 3 | 13 | 76.9% | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 2025 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 52.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 42.9% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Career | — | 210 | 87 | 297 | 70.7% | 68 | 26 | 94 | 72.3% | 37 | 16 | 53 | 69.8% | — | 40 | 46 | 86 | 46.5% | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22.2% | 6 | 9 | 15 | 40.0% |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 407/445 of Elena Rybakina's and 93/111 of Kimberly Birrell's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.
| Age | Elena Rybakina | Kimberly Birrell | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% | Yr | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% | |
| 18 | 2017 | 1/1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 61.6% | 50.9% | 57.6% | 53.9% | 50.0% | 53.5% | 31.8% | 2016 | 3/3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 62.8% | 47.3% | 53.1% | 47.6% | 50.0% | 50.4% | 31.6% |
| 19 | 2018 | 5/5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 62.1% | 63.3% | 44.2% | 55.3% | 50.1% | 55.5% | 43.5% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2019 | 33/33 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 58.5% | 68.8% | 51.2% | 56.1% | 51.2% | 61.4% | 45.5% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | 2020 | 39/40 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 59.8% | 70.7% | 49.6% | 60.2% | 46.7% | 62.2% | 43.3% | 2019 | 5/5 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 62.8% | 63.4% | 36.3% | 60.9% | 38.9% | 53.5% | 39.6% |
| 22 | 2021 | 46/54 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 57.6% | 73.4% | 49.6% | 58.1% | 48.3% | 63.2% | 42.8% | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2022 | 55/60 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 56.1% | 73.3% | 53.0% | 56.1% | 42.5% | 64.2% | 41.8% | 2021 | 5/5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 64.2% | 63.4% | 42.2% | 53.1% | 44.5% | 55.8% | 41.1% |
| 24 | 2023 | 60/63 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 56.9% | 74.5% | 49.3% | 59.3% | 44.7% | 63.7% | 43.9% | 2022 | 2/2 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 56.7% | 55.4% | 42.7% | 42.3% | 23.2% | 49.9% | 40.8% |
| 25 | 2024 | 53/55 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 61.6% | 73.9% | 47.9% | 59.5% | 47.6% | 63.9% | 45.7% | 2023 | 18/18 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 60.7% | 62.1% | 44.2% | 52.1% | 49.4% | 55.1% | 45.2% |
| 26 | 2025 | 55/72 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 57.2% | 76.0% | 51.8% | 64.8% | 45.4% | 65.8% | 43.4% | 2024 | 15/15 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 64.0% | 63.3% | 47.4% | 52.6% | 48.1% | 57.6% | 40.8% |
| 27 | 2026 | 60/62 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 57.7% | 74.6% | 52.5% | 60.5% | 48.3% | 65.2% | 42.6% | 2025 | 17/32 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 59.2% | 64.9% | 40.0% | 53.6% | 42.7% | 54.7% | 39.2% |
| 28 | — | —/— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 | 28/31 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 63.5% | 62.5% | 40.7% | 48.0% | 56.5% | 54.5% | 41.3% |
| Career | — | 407/445 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 58.1% | 73.3% | 50.6% | 59.4% | 46.6% | 63.8% | 43.5% | — | 93/111 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 62.1% | 62.5% | 42.6% | 51.4% | 48.7% | 54.9% | 41.2% |
Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.
| Age | Elena Rybakina | Kimberly Birrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win % | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Pressure+ | Schedule | Yr | Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win % | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Pressure+ | Schedule | |
| 18 | 2017 | 1541 | 106.5 | +0.44 | -1.64 | 0.683 | 44.3% | — | — | — | 33.3% | -1.67 | 0–1 | — | — | +0.10 | 2016 | 1509 | 103.2 | -0.55 | -0.09 | 0.637 | 40.5% | +9 | — | — | 33.3% | -1.67 | — | — | — | -0.35 |
| 19 | 2018 | 1568 | 116.3 | -1.53 | +1.92 | 0.978 | 49.8% | +44 | — | — | 54.5% | +0.27 | 1–0 | 2–1 (67%) | — | -0.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2019 | 1757 | 132.5 | +3.24 | +1.67 | 1.179 | 53.3% | -47 | -58 | -31 | 65.3% | +1.17 | 7–3 (70%) | 5–3 (63%) | 107.8 | +1.32 | 2018 | 1476 | 98.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | 2020 | 1875 | 147.2 | +4.32 | +0.59 | 1.145 | 52.7% | -14 | -104 | — | 68.5% | +1.08 | 9–5 (64%) | 8–6 (57%) | 104.7 | +0.37 | 2019 | 1516 | 110.7 | -0.48 | -1.55 | 0.850 | 46.8% | +33 | — | — | 50.0% | -0.33 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | -0.02 |
| 22 | 2021 | 1866 | 151.0 | +5.80 | +0.56 | 1.165 | 53.1% | -24 | -47 | -11 | 61.7% | +0.85 | 6–10 (38%) | 6–13 (32%) | 88.7 | +0.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | 2022 | 1905 | 152.2 | +6.27 | -0.63 | 1.167 | 52.5% | -4 | -89 | +122 | 63.1% | +0.92 | 10–10 (50%) | 13–10 (57%) | 102.7 | +1.31 | 2021 | 1518 | 104.1 | -2.12 | -0.93 | 0.929 | 49.0% | +30 | — | — | 36.4% | -1.09 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | +0.48 |
| 24 | 2023 | 2026 | 167.3 | +7.04 | +2.34 | 1.210 | 53.8% | +35 | -91 | +26 | 71.5% | +1.29 | 11–9 (55%) | 15–5 (75%) | 103.3 | -1.22 | 2022 | 1486 | 95.4 | -2.40 | +1.40 | 0.815 | 45.9% | — | — | — | 40.0% | -1.40 | 1–0 | — | — | +0.14 |
| 25 | 2024 | 2071 | 166.5 | +6.78 | +3.55 | 1.264 | 54.5% | +35 | +5 | +84 | 71.2% | +1.52 | 14–6 (70%) | 6–9 (40%) | 100.8 | +0.07 | 2023 | 1557 | 123.2 | -1.73 | +1.11 | 1.007 | 50.1% | +43 | -88 | — | 46.2% | -0.08 | 1–2 (33%) | 3–2 (60%) | 100.5 | +0.87 |
| 26 | 2025 | 2172 | 167.2 | +8.24 | +1.21 | 1.267 | 54.3% | +50 | -83 | -22 | 69.5% | +1.49 | 15–10 (60%) | 14–10 (58%) | 101.1 | +0.87 | 2024 | 1689 | 122.0 | +0.40 | -1.41 | 0.962 | 49.5% | +9 | — | -77 | 43.3% | -0.43 | 1–1 | 0–4 (0%) | — | +0.83 |
| 27 | 2026 | 2190 | 173.3 | +7.80 | +1.56 | 1.222 | 53.6% | +139 | -73 | -145 | 72.4% | +1.45 | 16–7 (70%) | 7–6 (54%) | 103.2 | -1.67 | 2025 | 1679 | 134.0 | -1.71 | -2.60 | 0.866 | 46.9% | +54 | -259 | -143 | 44.7% | -0.36 | 6–6 (50%) | 5–6 (45%) | 97.7 | -0.02 |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 | 1695 | 133.4 | -1.46 | -0.89 | 0.908 | 48.1% | +45 | -271 | -78 | 42.7% | -0.55 | 7–8 (47%) | 3–7 (30%) | 96.3 | -0.67 |
| Career | — | 2250 | 164.6 | +6.35 | +1.39 | 1.201 | 53.5% | +31 | -66 | +15 | 67.9% | +1.22 | 89–61 (59%) | 76–63 (55%) | 103.8 | +0.26 | — | 1835 | 128.4 | -1.23 | -0.86 | 0.914 | 48.2% | +39 | -206 | -98 | 43.7% | -0.46 | 19–17 (53%) | 12–20 (38%) | 96.8 | +1.15 |
Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.
| Opponent | W | L | M | Last Played | H2H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aryna Sabalenka | 8 | 10 | 18 | Sep 12, 2026 | H2H |
| Iga Swiatek | 6 | 7 | 13 | Aug 20, 2026 | H2H |
| Elise Mertens | 7 | 2 | 9 | Jul 4, 2026 | H2H |
| Elina Svitolina | 4 | 4 | 8 | May 13, 2026 | H2H |
| Jessica Pegula | 5 | 3 | 8 | Mar 25, 2026 | H2H |
| Opponent | W | L | M | Last Played | H2H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Vekic | 2 | 2 | 4 | Oct 31, 2025 | H2H |
| Petra Marcinko | 2 | 1 | 3 | Aug 30, 2026 | H2H |
| Ann Li | 0 | 3 | 3 | Jun 16, 2026 | H2H |
| Victoria Mboko | 0 | 3 | 3 | Mar 6, 2026 | H2H |
| Anastasia Potapova | 3 | 0 | 3 | Jan 13, 2026 | H2H |