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Elise Mertens #20 def. Aryna Sabalenka #61

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 2018*
Tournament	Lugano
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Aryna Sabalenka

Stat	Elise Mertens	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	1	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	63	52
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	58	39
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	69	54
Return points won %	46	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	BEL	BLR
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	May 5, 1998
Age	22	19
Height	179	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	61
Ranking points (entering)	2,200	963
Elo (entering)	1,829	1,774
Career W-L	311–199	399–138
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$50,259,447

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 0 Aryna Sabalenka

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	SF	Vera Lapko	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Mona Barthel	6-4 5-7 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Marketa Vondrousova	6-2 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Mandy Minella	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	SF	Stefanie Voegele	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Camila Giorgi	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Polona Hercog	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Mihaela Buzarnescu	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data