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Angelique Kerber #22 def. Dominika Cibulkova #26

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2018*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Dominika Cibulkova

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Dominika Cibulkova
Aces	4	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	70	69
First serve points won %	71	49
Second serve points won %	42	35
Break points saved %	86	50
Break points converted %	50	14
Service points won %	62	45
Return points won %	55	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Dominika Cibulkova
Country	GER	SVK
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	May 6, 1989
Age	29	28
Height	173	161
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	26
Ranking points (entering)	2,022	1,815
Elo (entering)	1,807	1,809
Career W-L	461–270	365–261
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$13,725,520

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 4 – 5 Dominika Cibulkova

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R16	Venus Williams	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-7(3) 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	SF	Camila Giorgi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dominika Cibulkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R16	Elena Vesnina	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Anastasija Sevastova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data