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Belinda Bencic #23 def. Karolina Pliskova #5

6-3 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2019*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Belinda Bencic
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Belinda Bencic	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	7	7
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	67	63
First serve points won %	78	67
Second serve points won %	45	38
Break points saved %	71	75
Break points converted %	25	29
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Belinda Bencic	Karolina Pliskova
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Mar 10, 1997	Mar 21, 1992
Age	22	26
Height	175	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,065	5,145
Elo (entering)	1,902	1,999
Career W-L	298–187	421–241
Career earnings	$17,050,641	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Belinda Bencic 0 – 0 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2019	R16	Naomi Osaka	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2019	R32	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R64	Alison Van Uytvanck	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2019	SF	Angelique Kerber	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2019	R16	Anett Kontaveit	7-6(0) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2019	R32	Ysaline Bonaventure	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R64	Misaki Doi	6-7(4) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data