WTA Ningbo 2026 Recap: Winner, Retirements, MTOs
The WTA Ningbo 2026 finished on 25 October. 13 players, 1 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 Ningbo 2026?
In the final, Elena Rybakina beat Leylah Fernandez 6-2 6-2 to take the title.
What was the biggest upset of the WTA Ningbo 2026?
The biggest upset was Katarzyna Kawa beating Belinda Bencic 7-5 6-2 on 22 October as a 8.65 outsider — an 11% chance on the pre-match price with the bookmaker's margin taken out.
| Date | Result | Score | Winner's price | Market gave them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October | K. Kawa beat B. Bencic | 7-5 6-2 | 8.65 | 11% |
| 23 October | L. Fernandez beat E. Alexandrova | 4-6 6-2 6-1 | 2.27 | 43% |
| 18 October | P. Kudermetova beat A. Zakharova | 6-3 6-3 | 2.13 | 45% |
| 18 October | K. Rakhimova beat T. Prozorova | 7-6 4-6 6-4 | 1.68 | 57% |
| 23 October | M. Bouzkova beat S. Bejlek | 6-3 6-4 | 1.64 | 60% |
Which players retired at the WTA Ningbo 2026?
1 player retired during the WTA Ningbo 2026.
| Date | Retired | Opponent | Score at the time | Retiring player's price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October | Marta Kostyuk | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 6-4 | 1.68 |
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 Ningbo 2026?
2 medical timeouts were taken during the WTA Ningbo 2026, and the last column is what happened to the match afterwards.
| Date | Player | Opponent | Treated | Score at the time | Result for that player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 October | Polina Kudermetova | Anastasia Zakharova | — | 2-3 | Won |
| 21 October | Marta Kostyuk | Ekaterina Alexandrova | — | 5-3 | 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.
What we said beforehand
Our WTA Ningbo 2026 preview was published before the main draw began and has been left exactly as it was written, title odds and all, as the record of what we called.