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Angelique Kerber #8 def. Belinda Bencic #23

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2019*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Belinda Bencic

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Belinda Bencic
Aces	1	1
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	58	42
Second serve points won %	50	22
Break points saved %	50	22
Break points converted %	78	50
Service points won %	55	35
Return points won %	65	45
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Belinda Bencic
Country	GER	SUI
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Mar 10, 1997
Age	31	22
Height	173	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	23
Ranking points (entering)	4,880	2,065
Elo (entering)	1,943	1,923
Career W-L	461–270	298–187
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$17,050,641

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 1 – 2 Belinda Bencic

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2019	QF	Venus Williams	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2019	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2019	R32	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R64	Yulia Putintseva	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2019	F	Bianca Andreescu	4-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2019	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2019	R16	Naomi Osaka	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2019	R32	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R64	Alison Van Uytvanck	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data