Mayar Sherif def. Simona Waltert 5-7, 6-4, 7(7)-6(3) — Hamburg Open 2026 R32

Match recap

Mayar Sherif defeated Simona Waltert 5-7, 6-4, 7(7)-6(3) in the R32 of the Hamburg Open 2026.

Sherif's comeback ran on a first serve that improved by the set. After winning 52 percent of first-serve points to Simona Waltert's 59 in a dropped opener, Mayar Sherif ran it to 65-52 in the second set and 73-62 in the third. Little else separated them. The 25-year-old Swiss cashed 5 of 8 break points to the Egyptian's 5 of 12 and still finished a point back, 113-112. The turn came in games 9 and 10 of the second set, back-to-back Sherif breaks for 5-4 and 6-4, before a game-5 break-back in the decider erased a 2-0 hole. Waltert saved one match point; the second landed 3 hours, 17 minutes in, sending the No. 6 seed out of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open.

Match stats

Simona Waltert: 2 aces, 61% first serves, 3 double faults, 5/8 break points. Mayar Sherif: 0 aces, 75% first serves, 0 double faults, 5/12 break points.

Profiles: Simona Waltert · Mayar Sherif — Hamburg Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Simona Waltert and Mayar Sherif.