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Elise Mertens #127 def. Monica Niculescu #40

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2017*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Elise Mertens	Monica Niculescu
Aces	4	0
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	57	88
First serve points won %	79	45
Second serve points won %	48	50
Break points saved %	0	55
Break points converted %	45	100
Service points won %	65	46
Return points won %	54	35
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Monica Niculescu
Country	BEL	ROU
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Sep 25, 1987
Age	21	29
Height	179	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	127	40
Ranking points (entering)	477	1,300
Elo (entering)	1,605	1,807
Career W-L	311–199	176–213
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2017	SF	Jana Fett	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2017	QF	Kiki Bertens	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2017	R16	Sachia Vickery	0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2017	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2017	SF	Lesia Tsurenko	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2017	QF	Risa Ozaki	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2017	R16	Kirsten Flipkens	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2017	R32	Jelena Jankovic	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data