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Sara Errani #22 def. Elina Svitolina #21

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 2016*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Sara Errani
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Sara Errani	Elina Svitolina
Aces	0	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	86	60
First serve points won %	56	56
Second serve points won %	70	43
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	58	51
Return points won %	49	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sara Errani	Elina Svitolina
Country	ITA	UKR
Birth date	Apr 29, 1987	Sep 12, 1994
Age	28	21
Height	164	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,405	2,405
Elo (entering)	1,773	1,814
Career W-L	384–299	429–227
Career earnings	$17,994,211	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Sara Errani 1 – 0 Elina Svitolina

Path

Sara Errani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2016	QF	Madison Brengle	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2016	R16	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2016	R32	Saisai Zheng	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Errani's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2016	F	Barbora Strycova	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2016	QF	Coco Vandeweghe	6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2016	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2016	R32	Jana Cepelova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data