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Angelique Kerber #1 def. Carina Witthoeft #89

6-2 6-7(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date Jan 19, 2017*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Angelique Kerber
Score6-2 6-7(3) 6-2
Loser Carina Witthoeft
StatAngelique KerberCarina Witthoeft
Aces33
Double faults68
First serve %5969
First serve points won %6564
Second serve points won %5128
Break points saved %7022
Break points converted %7830
Service points won %5953
Return points won %4741
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldAngelique KerberCarina Witthoeft
Country GER GER
Birth dateJan 18, 1988
Age29
Height173176
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)189
Ranking points (entering)8,875736
Elo (entering)1,9841,593
Career W-L461–27049–69
Career earnings$32,545,460$1,967,633
Pre-match H2H
Angelique Kerber 2 0 Carina Witthoeft

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 18, 2017R128 Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 5-7 6-2WH2HMatch data

Angelique Kerber's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 22, 2017R32 Kristyna Pliskova 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data

Carina Witthoeft's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 18, 2017R128 Eri Hozumi 7-5 7-6(6)WH2HMatch data