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Elise Mertens #37 def. Petra Martic #81

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Petra Martic

Stat	Elise Mertens	Petra Martic
Aces	9	7
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	66	60
First serve points won %	74	65
Second serve points won %	38	38
Break points saved %	69	58
Break points converted %	42	31
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Petra Martic
Country	BEL	CRO
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Jan 19, 1991
Age	22	27
Height	179	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	81
Ranking points (entering)	1,465	762
Elo (entering)	1,830	1,675
Career W-L	311–199	212–214
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$9,220,466

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 0 Petra Martic

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Alizé Cornet	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Daria Saville	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Elina Svitolina	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Petra Martic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Luksika Kumkhum	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Alison Van Uytvanck	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data