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Elena Rybakina #30 def. Heather Watson #101

6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 2020*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elena Rybakina
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	Heather Watson

Stat	Elena Rybakina	Heather Watson
Aces	10	4
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	59	59
First serve points won %	68	70
Second serve points won %	55	42
Break points saved %	57	55
Break points converted %	45	43
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Rybakina	Heather Watson
Country	KAZ	GBR
Birth date	Jun 17, 1999	May 19, 1992
Age	20	27
Height	184	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	101
Ranking points (entering)	1,551	657
Elo (entering)	1,829	1,698
Career W-L	296–125	144–195
Career earnings	$29,098,922	$6,094,389

Pre-match H2H

Elena Rybakina 0 – 0 Heather Watson

Path

Elena Rybakina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2020	QF	Lizette Cabrera	6-7(4) 7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2020	R16	Alizé Cornet	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2020	R32	Tamara Zidansek	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Rybakina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2020	F	Shuai Zhang	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Heather Watson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2020	QF	Elise Mertens	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2020	R16	Fiona Ferro	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2020	R32	Jil Teichmann	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2020	Q2	Nina Stojanovic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2020	Q1	Hayley Carter	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data