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Ashleigh Barty #1 def. Angelique Kerber #22

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 2021*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ashleigh Barty
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Ashleigh Barty	Angelique Kerber
Aces	12	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	64
First serve points won %	75	64
Second serve points won %	50	25
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	64	50
Return points won %	50	36
Total points won %	57	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ashleigh Barty	Angelique Kerber
Country	AUS	GER
Birth date	Apr 24, 1996	Jan 18, 1988
Age	25	33
Height	166	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	22
Ranking points (entering)	9,286	2,950
Elo (entering)	2,156	1,951
Career W-L	191–70	461–270
Career earnings	$23,829,070	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Ashleigh Barty 3 – 2 Angelique Kerber

Path

Ashleigh Barty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2021	QF	Barbora Krejcikova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Victoria Azarenka	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2021	R32	Heather Watson	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Ashleigh Barty's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2021	F	Jil Teichmann	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2021	QF	Petra Kvitova	6-4 3-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Jelena Ostapenko	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2021	R32	Elina Svitolina	7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2021	R64	Maria Sakkari	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data