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Garbiñe Muguruza #16 def. Elise Mertens #18

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Mar 12, 2021*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Garbiñe Muguruza
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Garbiñe Muguruza	Elise Mertens
Aces	1	2
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	62	56
Second serve points won %	55	47
Break points saved %	60	62
Break points converted %	38	40
Service points won %	59	52
Return points won %	48	41
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Garbiñe Muguruza	Elise Mertens
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Oct 8, 1993	Nov 17, 1995
Age	27	25
Height	182	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	18
Ranking points (entering)	3,435	3,060
Elo (entering)	2,042	2,012
Career W-L	306–178	311–199
Career earnings	$24,813,892	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Garbiñe Muguruza 1 – 0 Elise Mertens

Path

Garbiñe Muguruza's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2021	QF	Aryna Sabalenka	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2021	R16	Iga Swiatek	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2021	R32	Amanda Anisimova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2021	R64	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Garbiñe Muguruza's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2021	F	Barbora Krejcikova	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2021	QF	Jessica Pegula	5-7 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2021	R16	Caroline Garcia	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2021	R32	Shelby Rogers	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2021	R64	Viktoriya Tomova	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data