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          Shahida Jacobs                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"20 Aug 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-date=\"20 Aug 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1787238055\"><br \/>\n                            20 Aug 2026 4:00 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto 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!text-content\">\n                                Alex Eala, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Seven WTA stars have already played 50 top-level matches so far in 2026 with rising star Alex Eala headlining the list for most matches played this campaign on both the WTA Tour and WTA 125K level.<\/p>\n<p>Filipina Eala played only 64 matches during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/alex-eala-sets-sights-on-long-fruitful-career-dreams-came-alive-2025\">her breakthrough season in 2025<\/a>, but she is already just a handful of matches away from that tally with three months of the current campaign still remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Iga Swiatek<\/a> played a total of 81 matches as she finished the year with a 64\u201317 win-loss record, Elena Rybakina 78, Jessica Pegula played 76 matches and Aryna Sabalenka 75.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the current top 10 WTA stars with the most matches played so far in 2026 (as of 20 August)\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>10. Aryna Sabalenka \u2013 48<\/h2>\n<p>The reigning world No 1 has reached four finals this year with one coming at the Australian Open and two at WTA 1000 events, which comes to 19 matches.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/why-alex-ealas-rivals-face-tougher-challenge-us-open\">Why Alex Eala\u2019s rivals face an even tougher challenge heading into the US Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-rankings-race-to-indian-wells-elena-rybakina-overtakes-aryna-sabalenka-alex-eala-15th\">WTA Rankings Race To Indian Wells: Elena Rybakina overtakes Aryna Sabalenka, Alex Eala 15th<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> has suffered a slump in recent weeks as she played only three matches at the Canadian Open and another three at the Cincinnati Open, suffering early exits.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam winner is currently 40-8 for the year, having won three titles (Brisbane International, Indian Wells Open and Miami Open).<\/p>\n<h2>=8. Iva Jovic \u2013 49<\/h2>\n<p>The 18-year-old has surged to a career-high No 16 in the WTA Rankings this year and that came on the back of a run to the quarter-final of the Australian Open and a runner-up finish at the Hobart International.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager\u2019s tally also includes a couple of Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers for the United States.<\/p>\n<h2>=8. Sorana Cirstea \u2013 49<\/h2>\n<p>The Romanian enjoyed a brilliant start to the 2026 season as she won her home title, the Transylvania Open, in February, reached the semi-final of the Italian Open and the quarter-final at the French Open.<\/p>\n<p>Cirstea is already enjoying her best season to date in terms of wins as her win-loss record is 36-13 compared to her previous best of 34\u201327 in 2013.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Coco Gauff \u2013 50<\/h2>\n<p>The two-time Grand Slam winner is yet to win a title in 2026 as she finished runner-up at the Miami Open and Italian Open.<\/p>\n<p>She has also reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon and remains alive at the 2026 Cincinnati Open so could add a few more matches to her tally before the US Open gets underway in just over a week.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff has a win-loss record of 37-13 so far this campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Tatjana Maria \u2013 51<\/h2>\n<p>Only 42 of Maria\u2019s matches have been at WTA Tour level (19-23), with the rest coming at WTA 125K level.<\/p>\n<p>The German finished runner-up at the Eastbourne International (WTA Tour) and won the WTA 125K Hall of Fame in July.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Mirra Andreeva \u2013 53<\/h3>\n<p>The teenager won her maiden Grand Slam when she won the French Open while she also finished runner-up at the Madrid Open. Outside of the big events, Andreeva won the Adelaide International and Linz Open.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Andreeva played a total of 57 matches (40-17) so she is well on her way to beating that record.<\/p>\n<h2>=2. Elina Svitolina \u2013 54<\/h2>\n<p>The Ukrainian won the Auckland Open and Italian Open while she finished runner-up at the Dubai Tennis Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Svitolina, who played 50 matches during the 2025 season, also reached the semi-final of the Australian Open and quarter-final of the French Open.<\/p>\n<h2>=2. Jessica Pegula \u2013 54<\/h2>\n<p>The American won the Dubai Tennis Championships in February and the Charleston Open in April while she also finished runner-up at the Berlin Open and Washington DC Open.<\/p>\n<p>Pegula regularly features on the list for most matches played during a season, but she still has some way to go to top her 2023 record of 77 (59-18 win-loss record).<\/p>\n<h2>=2. Elena Rybakina \u2013 54<\/h2>\n<p>The reigning Australian Open champion played seven matches during her title run at Melbourne Park while she also finished runner-up at the Indian Wells Open and Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Her other title so far in 2026 has come at the Stuttgart Open, but she played only four matches in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Rybakina had a 59\u201319 win-loss record in 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Alex Eala \u2013 58<\/h2>\n<p>Only 48 of Eala\u2019s matches so far in 2026 have been on WTA Tour level, but they all count to her overall tally.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina star played five matches during her title run at the WTA 125K Birmingham Open in June while she also competed at the Manila 125K in February.<\/p>\n<p>Eala, of course, also won five matches en route to her maiden WTA Tour title at the Washington Open DC at the end of July.<\/p>\n<p>Her win-loss record sits at 38-20 following her round of 32 defeat at the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top 10 WTA stars with the most matches played in 2026: Alex Eala No 1 Shahida Jacobs 20 Aug 2026 4:00 PM Alex Eala, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff Seven WTA stars have already played 50 top-level matches so far in 2026 with rising star Alex Eala headlining the list for most matches played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2102837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2102837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2102837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2102837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2102837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}