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Aryna Sabalenka #11 def. Elise Mertens #21

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 15, 2020*
Tournament	Linz
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Elise Mertens
Aces	3	3
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	60	63
First serve points won %	75	60
Second serve points won %	41	27
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	62	48
Return points won %	52	38
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Elise Mertens
Country	BLR	BEL
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Nov 17, 1995
Age	22	24
Height	182	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	21
Ranking points (entering)	4,045	2,530
Elo (entering)	1,991	1,948
Career W-L	399–138	311–199
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 2 – 2 Elise Mertens

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2020	SF	Barbora Krejcikova	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2020	QF	Oceane Dodin	6-3 3-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 2020	R16	Stefanie Voegele	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 2020	R32	Jasmine Paolini	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2020	SF	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2020	QF	Veronika Kudermetova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 2020	R16	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 2020	R32	Anhelina Kalinina	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data