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Karolina Pliskova #17 def. Angelique Kerber #2

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 2016*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Karolina Pliskova
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Karolina Pliskova	Angelique Kerber
Aces	7	1
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	52	69
First serve points won %	86	49
Second serve points won %	42	38
Break points saved %	80	38
Break points converted %	62	20
Service points won %	65	45
Return points won %	55	35
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Pliskova	Angelique Kerber
Country	CZE	GER
Birth date	Mar 21, 1992	Jan 18, 1988
Age	24	28
Height	186	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,340	6,375
Elo (entering)	1,878	1,985
Career W-L	421–241	461–270
Career earnings	$26,944,237	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Pliskova 2 – 4 Angelique Kerber

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Misaki Doi	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2016	R32	Jelena Ostapenko	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	SF	Simona Halep	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Barbora Strycova	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2016	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data