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Sorana Cirstea #67 def. Elise Mertens #17

6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Apr 25, 2021*
Tournament	Istanbul
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Sorana Cirstea
Score	6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Sorana Cirstea	Elise Mertens
Aces	1	1
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	66	59
First serve points won %	55	46
Second serve points won %	70	39
Break points saved %	40	58
Break points converted %	42	60
Service points won %	60	43
Return points won %	57	40
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sorana Cirstea	Elise Mertens
Country	ROU	BEL
Birth date	Apr 7, 1990	Nov 17, 1995
Age	31	25
Height	176	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	67	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,179	3,400
Elo (entering)	1,757	2,002
Career W-L	373–343	311–199
Career earnings	$12,527,864	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Sorana Cirstea 1 – 0 Elise Mertens

Path

Sorana Cirstea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	SF	Marta Kostyuk	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	QF	Fiona Ferro	6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2021	R16	Anastasia Potapova	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2021	R32	Kateryna Baindl	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Sorana Cirstea'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
Apr 24, 2021	SF	Veronika Kudermetova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	QF	Katerina Siniakova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2021	R16	Viktorija Golubic	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2021	R32	Lara Arruabarrena	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data