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Naomi Osaka #4 def. Karolina Pliskova #8

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	15	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	58	72
First serve points won %	81	69
Second serve points won %	41	32
Break points saved %	75	64
Break points converted %	36	25
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Karolina Pliskova
Country	JPN	CZE
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	Mar 21, 1992
Age	21	26
Height	180	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	8
Ranking points (entering)	5,270	4,750
Elo (entering)	1,960	2,009
Career W-L	240–130	421–241
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 1 – 2 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2019	QF	Elina Svitolina	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Anastasija Sevastova	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2019	R32	Su-Wei Hsieh	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Tamara Zidansek	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Magda Linette	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2019	F	Petra Kvitova	7-6(2) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2019	QF	Serena Williams	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2019	R32	Camila Giorgi	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Madison Brengle	4-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Karolina Muchova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data