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Veronika Kudermetova #46 def. Elina Svitolina #5

5-7 6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2021*
Tournament	Abu Dhabi
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Veronika Kudermetova
Score	5-7 6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Veronika Kudermetova	Elina Svitolina
Aces	4	11
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	56	60
First serve points won %	70	71
Second serve points won %	50	43
Break points saved %	64	64
Break points converted %	36	36
Service points won %	61	60
Return points won %	40	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Veronika Kudermetova	Elina Svitolina
Country	RUS	UKR
Birth date	Apr 24, 1997	Sep 12, 1994
Age	23	26
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	46	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,453	5,260
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,956
Career W-L	205–152	429–227
Career earnings	$10,680,692	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Veronika Kudermetova 1 – 0 Elina Svitolina

Path

Veronika Kudermetova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Veronika Kudermetova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	SF	Marta Kostyuk	7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Jessica Pegula	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data