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Aryna Sabalenka #10 def. Maria Sakkari #22

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2021*
Tournament	Abu Dhabi
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Maria Sakkari

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Maria Sakkari
Aces	8	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	64	62
First serve points won %	83	58
Second serve points won %	69	26
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	78	46
Return points won %	54	22
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Maria Sakkari
Country	BLR	GRE
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Jul 25, 1995
Age	22	25
Height	182	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	22
Ranking points (entering)	4,220	2,405
Elo (entering)	2,033	1,937
Career W-L	399–138	259–205
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$14,850,529

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 3 – 1 Maria Sakkari

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	QF	Elena Rybakina	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Ons Jabeur	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Ajla Tomljanovic	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Polona Hercog	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2021	F	Veronika Kudermetova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sakkari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	QF	Sofia Kenin	2-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Coco Gauff	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Anastasia Potapova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data