WTA Eastbourne 2026 Recap: Winner, Retirements, MTOs
The WTA Eastbourne 2026 finished on 27 June. 50 players, 5 straight wins for the champion. Everything below is from our own records of the tournament, including the medical timeouts, which are not published anywhere else.
Who won the WTA Eastbourne 2026?
In the final, Madison Keys beat Tatjana Maria 7-5 6-4 to take the title.
Full match detail
What was the biggest upset of the WTA Eastbourne 2026?
The biggest upset was Sofia Johnson beating Oleksandra Oliynykova 6-0 6-2 on 20 June as a 4.28 outsider — a 22% chance on the pre-match price with the bookmaker's margin taken out.
| Date | Result | Score | Winner's price | Market gave them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June | S. Johnson beat O. Oliynykova | 6-0 6-2 | 4.28 | 22% |
| 25 June | P. Marcinko beat C. McNally | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 3.50 | 28% |
| 23 June | K. Birrell beat B. Krejcikova | 6-3 7-6 | 3.32 | 29% |
| 24 June | P. Marcinko beat K. Birrell | 6-1 6-4 | 3.18 | 31% |
| 20 June | O. Selekhmeteva beat K. Rakhimova | 7-6 2-6 6-1 | 2.82 | 34% |
Which players retired at the WTA Eastbourne 2026?
3 players retired during the WTA Eastbourne 2026, and 1 match went as a walkover.
| Date | Retired | Opponent | Score at the time | Retiring player's price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June | Anna Bondar | Panna Udvardy | 7-6 3-2 | 1.72 |
| 26 June | Jelena Ostapenko | Tatjana Maria | 6-1 1-2 | 1.56 |
| 26 June | Petra Marcinko | Madison Keys | 6-1 | 6.33 |
Walkovers
| Date | Match |
|---|---|
| 24 June | Z. Sonmez v S. Bejlek |
A retirement is settled differently by every operator, and a walkover again differently — see tennis retirement rules by sportsbook for who pays and who voids.
Which players took medical timeouts at the WTA Eastbourne 2026?
11 medical timeouts were taken during the WTA Eastbourne 2026, and the last column is what happened to the match afterwards.
| Date | Player | Opponent | Treated | Score at the time | Result for that player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June | Alycia Parks | Emiliana Arango | — | 4-6, 6-3, 2-1 | Lost |
| 21 June | Elsa Jacquemot | Zeynep Sonmez | — | 2-6, 4-1 | Lost |
| 21 June | Anastasia Zakharova | Oksana Selekhmeteva | — | 6-7, 5-2 | Won |
| 21 June | Petra Marcinko | Daria Snigur | — | 4-6, 0-0 | Lost |
| 22 June | Antonia Ruzic | Petra Marcinko | — | 6-7, 6-4, 6-5 | Lost |
| 23 June | Laura Siegemund | Sara Bejlek | — | 3-6, 4-3 | Lost |
| 23 June | Anna Bondar | Panna Udvardy | — | 7-6, 2-1 | Lost (retired) |
| 24 June | Jelena Ostapenko | Panna Udvardy | — | 3-6, 0-0 | Won |
| 24 June | Caty McNally | Emiliana Arango | — | 0-1 | Won |
| 26 June | Tatjana Maria | Jelena Ostapenko | — | 4-1 | Won (opp. retired) |
| 26 June | Petra Marcinko | Madison Keys | — | 1-6, 0-0 | Lost (retired) |
Logged live from the court as they happened. A medical timeout is not an injury report — players take them to break a run of games as well as to be treated, and both are in this table.