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Aryna Sabalenka #10 def. Veronika Kudermetova #46

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 2021*
Tournament	Abu Dhabi
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Veronika Kudermetova

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Veronika Kudermetova
Aces	5	4
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	59	54
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	58	16
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	65	39
Return points won %	61	35
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Veronika Kudermetova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Apr 24, 1997
Age	22	23
Height	182	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	46
Ranking points (entering)	4,220	1,453
Elo (entering)	2,045	1,873
Career W-L	399–138	205–152
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$10,680,692

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 0 Veronika Kudermetova

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	SF	Maria Sakkari	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	QF	Elena Rybakina	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Ons Jabeur	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Ajla Tomljanovic	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Polona Hercog	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Veronika Kudermetova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	SF	Marta Kostyuk	7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	QF	Elina Svitolina	5-7 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Paula Badosa	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Bianca Turati	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Anett Kontaveit	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data