Wimbledon 2026 pages
Sports · Wimbledon 2026 · Women's Singles · Round of 128
Peyton Stearns vs Nikola Bartůňková — 6-4 3-6 7-5
 Nikola Bartůňková✓ | 6 | 3 | 7 |
 Peyton Stearns | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Final · Monday, June 29, 2026 · Round of 128
Result
Nikola Bartůňková outlasted Peyton Stearns 6–4 3–6 7–5 in 2 hours 27 minutes on Court 7 to reach the second round. Bartůňková's serve was the difference: she fired 13 aces to Stearns's one and won 83 percent of her first-serve points, edging the total points 104 to 93. Stearns rallied to force a decider but was broken serving to stay in the match at 5–6.
Peyton StearnsRows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.
At this Stage
On a windy Court 7 that produced nine breaks of serve, Nikola Bartůňková kept hold of the one weapon the conditions couldn't blunt: 13 aces to Peyton Stearns's one, and 83 percent of first-serve points won. Stearns, a former top-30 player, dragged the match into a decider, but serving to stay in it at 5-6 she was broken a final time — 6-4 3-6 7-5 after nearly two and a half hours. The reward was an all-Czech second round against 32nd seed Kateřina Siniaková, and Bartůňková, evidently unfazed by the seed beside her compatriot's name, won that one too.
What we know now
Court: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London
Match length: 2:29
Tale of the tape
Peyton StearnsNikola BartůňkováPlayer vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
The briefing
Storylines
- Bartůňková leaned on a heavy first serve, striking 13 aces to Stearns's one across the near two-and-a-half-hour match.
- Stearns, a former top-30 player, levelled the match by taking the second set but was broken serving to stay in it at 5–6 in the third.
- Both players broke serve frequently on a windy Court 7, combining for nine breaks.
Head to head
This was the pair's first meeting on the main tour.
Source: WTA head-to-head · as of 2026-06-29.
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.