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Jessica Pegula #61 def. Elina Svitolina #5

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jessica Pegula
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Jessica Pegula	Elina Svitolina
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	70	61
First serve points won %	67	69
Second serve points won %	56	43
Break points saved %	57	71
Break points converted %	29	43
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jessica Pegula	Elina Svitolina
Country	USA	UKR
Birth date	Feb 24, 1994	Sep 12, 1994
Age	26	26
Height	170	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	61	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,138	5,260
Elo (entering)	1,826	1,964
Career W-L	285–134	429–227
Career earnings	$25,333,584	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Jessica Pegula 0 – 1 Elina Svitolina

Path

Jessica Pegula's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Samantha Stosur	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Victoria Azarenka	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jessica Pegula's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Jennifer Brady	6-4 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Yulia Putintseva	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Coco Gauff	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Marie Bouzkova	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data