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Elise Mertens #21 def. Ekaterina Alexandrova #33

2-6 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 14, 2020*
Tournament	Linz
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	2-6 6-1 7-5
Loser	Ekaterina Alexandrova

Stat	Elise Mertens	Ekaterina Alexandrova
Aces	7	3
Double faults	11	3
First serve %	61	51
First serve points won %	74	66
Second serve points won %	26	39
Break points saved %	44	14
Break points converted %	86	56
Service points won %	55	53
Return points won %	47	45
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Ekaterina Alexandrova
Country	BEL	RUS
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Nov 15, 1994
Age	24	25
Height	179	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	21	33
Ranking points (entering)	2,530	1,775
Elo (entering)	1,937	1,829
Career W-L	311–199	248–189
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$10,718,124

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 1 Ekaterina Alexandrova

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2020	QF	Veronika Kudermetova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 2020	R16	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 2020	R32	Anhelina Kalinina	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 15, 2020	F	Aryna Sabalenka	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ekaterina Alexandrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2020	QF	Nadia Podoroska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 2020	R16	Varvara Gracheva	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 2020	R32	Katerina Siniakova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data