Madison Keys def. Kayla Day 6(5)-7(7), 6-4, 6-3 — Wimbledon 2026 R128

Match recap

Madison Keys defeated Kayla Day 6(5)-7(7), 6-4, 6-3 in the R128 of the Wimbledon 2026.

Down a set after dropping a 7-6(5) opener, Madison Keys flipped the match on the return: she converted 4 of 9 break points to Kayla Day's 1 of 8, the gap that decided a meeting otherwise this tight on serve. The turn came early in set two — Keys broke for 3-2 and again to close it out — before she ran her first-serve points won to 92% in the third, breaking twice more to win 4-6, 3-6 from Day's side of the board. It evens their head-to-head at a win apiece in this first grass meeting.

Match stats

Kayla Day: 3 aces, 24 winners, 72% first serves, 5 double faults, 1/8 break points. Madison Keys: 3 aces, 41 winners, 60% first serves, 7 double faults, 4/9 break points.

Profiles: Kayla Day · Madison Keys — Wimbledon 2026

Head-to-head

Kayla Day and Madison Keys have met 2 times, splitting the head-to-head 1–1.

• French Open 2023 R64 — Kayla Day won 6-2, 4-6, 6-4