Rybakina, the top seed, improved to 3-0 against Schneider; All three of their matches have come this year, after Stuttgart on clay and after Cincinnati on hard courts.
Rybakina, who became world No. 1 for the first time since winning the US Open on Sept. 14, reached her sixth final of the year and 28th of her career. She has won three titles in 2026: the Australian Open, Stuttgart and the US Open, which ties her for the most this season with Aryna Sabalenka and Andreeva.
Schneider, 22, who finished 13th, had a strong record in Ningbo, where he was runner-up in 2023 and a semi-finalist last year.
Fernandez in his 10th career final
Ranked 30th, Fernandez reached his second final of the season, a month after winning the title in Singapore, and the 10th of his career. All six of his titles have come on hard courts. He has now won 13 of his last 16 matches.
He had to work hard for it. Before the semifinals, she spent nearly eight hours on court in three matches, defeating No. 7 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 over qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovic 4-6, 2.6, 6-6-1. runner-up.
The win tied her with Buzkova at 1-1, seven years after the Czech defeated her 6-0, 6-1 in Toronto in 2019. Buzkova, ranked 26th and a champion in Nottingham and Bogota this season, defeated Uzbekistan qualifier Kamila Rakhimova 6-4, Russia’s Anakarki 6-4, Rus. 7-5, 6-2 and Czech Sara Beilek: 6-3, 6-4. He was trying to become the first Czech player to reach the finals at the BNB Ningbo Open.