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Sports · Wimbledon 2026 · Women's Singles · Round of 64

Belinda Bencic vs Wang Xinyu — 7-5 6-0

Belinda Bencic76
Wang Xinyu50

Final · Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · Round of 64

Result

No. 11 seed Belinda Bencic beat Wang Xinyu 7-5 6-0 on No.3 Court to reach the third round after 1h 13m. Bencic was clinical on serve, winning 86% of her first-serve points and 75% behind her second, and made only 10 unforced errors to Wang's 20. After a tight first set she raced through a bagel second, converting four of six break points and taking 68 of the match's 108 points.

11Bencic
Wang
7–56–0
Belinda Bencic
Wang Xinyu
1Aces6
1Double faults2
64%1st serve in65%
86%1st-serve points won58%
75%2nd-serve points won41%
112 mphFastest serve105 mph
4/6Break points won0/2
16Winners15
10Unforced errors22
6/9Net points won4/9
68Total points won40
631 mDistance run615 m

Stats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-09

Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.

At this Stage

Belinda Bencic reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2025; nothing here suggested a step back. The 11th seed, a 6-2 6-1 winner over wild card Mika Stojsavljevic in round one, was made to work through a tight opening set by Wang Xinyu and then conceded nothing at all — 7-5 6-0 in 73 minutes, the second set a bagel, built on clinical serving and just 10 unforced errors. Wang, a Bad Homburg semifinalist in the run-up, matched her from the baseline for a set; Bencic's serve and error count did the rest. The Swiss advances to meet 19th seed Anna Kalinskaya, who survived a deciding-set tie-break to get there, in the last 32.

Round of 128

Belinda Bencic
Mika Stojsavljevic
Jun 29–30
6-2 6-1
Wang Xinyu
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Jun 29–30
6-3 2-6 6-2
Francesca Jones
Diane Parry
Jun 29–30
6-4 6-4
Anna Kalinskaya
Magdalena Fręch
Jun 29–30
7-6(5) 6-4

Round of 64

Belinda Bencic
Wang Xinyu
Jul 1–2
7-5 6-0
Anna Kalinskaya
Diane Parry
Jul 1–2
6-4 3-6 7-6(8)

Round of 32

Belinda Bencic
Anna Kalinskaya
Jul 3–4
6-4 4-6 7-6(6)

What we know now

Court: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London

Match length: 1:13

Tale of the tape

Belinda BencicWang Xinyu
29Age24
5′9″ (1.75 m)Height5′11″ (1.82 m)
Weight
Right-handed, two-handed backhandPlaysRight-handed, two-handed backhand
2012Turned pro2018
No. 11ATP rankingNo. 39
2026 win–loss
Career on grass
0Grand Slam titles0
Semi-finals (2025)Best at Wimbledon
Coach

Player vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.

The briefing

Storylines

  • Bencic, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2025, dropped just one game after taking the first set, closing with a second-set bagel.
  • Wang, who had reached the semi-finals in Bad Homburg, had needed three sets to get past Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the first round.
  • Bencic's efficiency on serve and low error count were the difference in an otherwise even hitting contest.

Head to head

This was their first career meeting.

Source: WTA head-to-head · as of 2026-07-01.

Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.

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