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Caroline Wozniacki #2 def. Elise Mertens #37

6-3 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Caroline Wozniacki
Score	6-3 7-6(2)
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Caroline Wozniacki	Elise Mertens
Aces	7	3
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	84	60
Second serve points won %	53	63
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	72	61
Return points won %	39	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Caroline Wozniacki	Elise Mertens
Country	DEN	BEL
Birth date	Jul 11, 1990	Nov 17, 1995
Age	27	22
Height	177	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	37
Ranking points (entering)	6,095	1,465
Elo (entering)	1,999	1,862
Career W-L	605–269	311–199
Career earnings	$36,479,231	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Caroline Wozniacki 1 – 0 Elise Mertens

Path

Caroline Wozniacki's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-0 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Kiki Bertens	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Jana Fett	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Mihaela Buzarnescu	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Caroline Wozniacki's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2018	F	Simona Halep	7-6(2) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Elina Svitolina	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Petra Martic	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Alizé Cornet	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Daria Saville	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data