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Elise Mertens #20 def. Kaia Kanepi #94

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 2021*
Tournament	Gippsland Trophy
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Kaia Kanepi

Stat	Elise Mertens	Kaia Kanepi
Aces	5	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	55	49
First serve points won %	89	68
Second serve points won %	48	39
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	71	53
Return points won %	47	29
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Kaia Kanepi
Country	BEL	EST
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Jun 10, 1985
Age	25	35
Height	179	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	94
Ranking points (entering)	2,650	804
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,812
Career W-L	311–199	261–235
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$8,492,308

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 1 – 1 Kaia Kanepi

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2021	SF	Naomi Osaka	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2021	QF	Elina Svitolina	6-3 5-7 [10-6]	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 2021	R16	Caroline Garcia	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2021	R32	Mayo Hibi	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kaia Kanepi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2021	SF	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2021	QF	Karolina Muchova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 2021	R16	Daria Kasatkina	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2021	R32	Aryna Sabalenka	6-1 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 2021	R64	Astra Sharma	1-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data