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Paula Badosa #35 def. Karolina Muchova #52

6-4 6-7(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 16, 2023*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Paula Badosa
Score	6-4 6-7(4) 6-2
Loser	Karolina Muchova

Stat	Paula Badosa	Karolina Muchova
Aces	2	2
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	62	72
First serve points won %	66	54
Second serve points won %	45	55
Break points saved %	71	36
Break points converted %	64	29
Service points won %	58	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paula Badosa	Karolina Muchova
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Nov 15, 1997	Aug 21, 1996
Age	25	26
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	52
Ranking points (entering)	1,253	1,006
Elo (entering)	1,934	1,902
Career W-L	171–112	176–88
Career earnings	$9,796,553	$14,881,307

Pre-match H2H

Paula Badosa 0 – 1 Karolina Muchova

Path

Paula Badosa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2023	R32	Marta Kostyuk	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2023	R64	Ons Jabeur	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2023	R128	Anna-Lena Friedsam	4-6 6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Paula Badosa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2023	QF	Jelena Ostapenko	2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karolina Muchova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2023	R32	Camila Giorgi	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2023	R64	Martina Trevisan	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2023	R128	Kamilla Rakhimova	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data