Elena Rybakina responds when asked if she’d rather win Wimbledon again or the US Open

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Elena Rybakina doubled her Grand Slam tally at the 2026 Australian Open.

Four years after her Wimbledon triumph, Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka to secure her second Grand Slam at the Australian Open.

The Kazakh star has now won two of the four Grand Slams, but has yet to win either the French Open or the US Open.

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During a recent press conference, Rybakina was asked if she would rather win Wimbledon again or the French Open/US Open.

Elena Rybakina wants to win ‘all’ four Grand Slams

As reported by Tennis Channel, Rybakina wasn’t prepared to pick a tournament.

“All of them!” she said.

“There is nothing to choose. It doesn’t matter which Grand Slam. But that’s the goal.”

Rybakina, understandably, wants to win all four majors, but which Grand Slam is her most successful?

Elena Rybakina’s Grand Slam record

She’s won 21 matches at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, which are, by far, her best two Grand Slam events.

Her Roland Garros record is impressive, too, even though she has yet to reach the semifinals in Paris.

The bigger concern is her form in New York, as Rybakina has only won 57% of her matches at the US Open.

She enjoyed her best-ever US Open campaign last year, but even then she failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

Elena Rybakina at the 2025 US Open

• 2025 US Open 1R [WIN] vs Julieta Pareja, 6-3, 6-0
• 2025 US Open 2R [WIN] vs Tereza Valentova, 6-3, 7-6
• 2025 US Open 3R [WIN] vs Emma Raducanu, 6-1, 6-2
• 2025 US Open 4R [LOSS] vs Marketa Vondrousova, 4-6, 7-5, 2-6

If she does have Career Grand Slam ambitions, Rybakina will need to address her struggles at the US Open.

‘It was a good tournament for me’ – Elena Rybakina remains positive despite Qatar defeat

Returning to action after winning the Australian Open, Rybakina arrived in Qatar as the number-two seed.

She won her opening match against China’s Xinyu Wang in straight sets, but had a much tougher time in the third round.

Taking on another Chinese athlete, Qinwen Zheng, Rybakina was pushed to a deciding set.

Momentum swung back and forth, but eventually Rybakina defeated Zheng, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, to book her place in the quarterfinals.

There, she met the 2025 Canadian Open champion, Victoria Mboko.

Rybakina and Mboko battled it out in a match that lasted two hours and 23 minutes.

It was Mboko who prevailed, though, winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

The Kazakh was pleased with her efforts in Qatar, reaching her 18th career WTA 1000 quarterfinal.

“It was a tough match, and I’m actually happy that I managed to give this fight,” said Rybakina.

“I hadn’t played such long matches in a long time. In Australia, we always had a day in between, and I was playing all the matches in two sets except for the final.

Elena Rybakina’s Australian Open win

Elena Rybakina at the 2026 Qatar Open

“I think it was still a good tournament for me.”

After enjoying a ‘good tournament’, where will Rybakina head next?

Well, she’s signed up for the second Middle-Eastern WTA 1000 event, the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Rybakina impressed in Dubai last year, reaching the semifinals, where she lost to the eventual champion, Mirra Andreeva.

Only time will tell if she can go all the way this time around.

The 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships begin on Monday, February 16.