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Elise Mertens #19 def. Sara Errani #89

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 4, 2018*
Tournament	Rabat
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Sara Errani

Stat	Elise Mertens	Sara Errani
Aces	3	0
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	57	76
First serve points won %	79	44
Second serve points won %	32	29
Break points saved %	40	61
Break points converted %	39	60
Service points won %	59	41
Return points won %	59	41
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Sara Errani
Country	BEL	ITA
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Apr 29, 1987
Age	22	31
Height	179	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	89
Ranking points (entering)	2,270	743
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,795
Career W-L	311–199	384–299
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$17,994,211

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 1 – 0 Sara Errani

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2018	R16	Laura Siegemund	6-7(5) 6-0 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2018	R32	Kristina Kucova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2018	SF	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Errani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2018	R16	Johanna Larsson	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2018	R32	Zarina Diyas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data