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Elise Mertens #16 def. Lin Zhu #94

7-6(8) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 11, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	7-6(8) 6-1
Loser	Lin Zhu

Stat	Elise Mertens	Lin Zhu
Aces	5	1
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	71	62
First serve points won %	67	62
Second serve points won %	43	30
Break points saved %	50	17
Break points converted %	83	50
Service points won %	60	50
Return points won %	50	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Lin Zhu
Country	BEL	CHN
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	—
Age	25	—
Height	179	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	16	94
Ranking points (entering)	3,060	830
Elo (entering)	1,996	1,584
Career W-L	311–199	92–115
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$4,188,489

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 1 – 1 Lin Zhu

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Leylah Fernandez	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Belinda Bencic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lin Zhu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Whitney Osuigwe	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data