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Heather Watson #101 def. Elise Mertens #17

6-7(5) 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2020*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Heather Watson
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Heather Watson	Elise Mertens
Aces	2	4
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	60	62
First serve points won %	59	54
Second serve points won %	47	47
Break points saved %	65	58
Break points converted %	42	35
Service points won %	54	51
Return points won %	49	46
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Heather Watson	Elise Mertens
Country	GBR	BEL
Birth date	May 19, 1992	Nov 17, 1995
Age	27	24
Height	170	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	101	17
Ranking points (entering)	657	2,250
Elo (entering)	1,675	1,851
Career W-L	144–195	311–199
Career earnings	$6,094,389	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Heather Watson 0 – 3 Elise Mertens

Path

Heather Watson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2020	R16	Fiona Ferro	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2020	R32	Jil Teichmann	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2020	Q2	Nina Stojanovic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2020	Q1	Hayley Carter	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Heather Watson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2020	SF	Elena Rybakina	3-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2020	R16	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2020	R32	Christina Mchale	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data