Karolina Pliskova def. Caty McNally 6-4, 7(7)-6(3) — Nottingham Open 2026 R16

Match recap

Karolina Pliskova defeated Caty McNally 6-4, 7(7)-6(3) in the R16 of the Nottingham Open 2026.

Pliskova, 47 spots below McNally at #106, flipped the seeding by owning the second-serve exchanges: she won 57% of those points to McNally's 30%, a 27-point chasm that the surface stats can't paper over. The break trading was relentless — six combined in the first set alone — but Pliskova landed the last one in game 10 to take it 6-4, then closed the second-set tiebreak 7-3 after McNally broke for 6-5. McNally arrived having dropped a single game to Ruzic; her 9-of-30 on second serve here is what ended that run.

Match stats

Karolina Pliskova: 3 aces, 70% first serves, 5 double faults, 6/12 break points. Caty McNally: 5 aces, 65% first serves, 6 double faults, 5/9 break points.

Profiles: Karolina Pliskova · Caty McNally — Nottingham Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Karolina Pliskova and Caty McNally.