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Elise Mertens #36 def. Heather Watson #74

6-4 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2018*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-4 1-6 6-2
Loser	Heather Watson

Stat	Elise Mertens	Heather Watson
Aces	8	8
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	69	66
Second serve points won %	57	52
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	65	61
Return points won %	39	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Heather Watson
Country	BEL	GBR
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	May 19, 1992
Age	22	25
Height	179	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	74
Ranking points (entering)	1,483	816
Elo (entering)	1,771	1,691
Career W-L	311–199	144–195
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$6,094,389

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 1 – 0 Heather Watson

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	QF	Monica Niculescu	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R16	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Kurumi Nara	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2018	F	Mihaela Buzarnescu	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Heather Watson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	QF	Donna Vekic	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R16	Jaimee Fourlis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Sorana Cirstea	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2018	Q2	Nao Hibino	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2018	Q1	Kimberly Birrell	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data