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Belinda Bencic #45 def. Elina Svitolina #6

6-2 3-6 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Feb 22, 2019*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Belinda Bencic
Score	6-2 3-6 7-6(3)
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Belinda Bencic	Elina Svitolina
Aces	4	7
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	68	67
First serve points won %	59	66
Second serve points won %	62	32
Break points saved %	20	58
Break points converted %	42	80
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Belinda Bencic	Elina Svitolina
Country	SUI	UKR
Birth date	Mar 10, 1997	Sep 12, 1994
Age	21	24
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	45	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,178	5,020
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,994
Career W-L	298–187	429–227
Career earnings	$17,050,641	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Belinda Bencic 1 – 0 Elina Svitolina

Path

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2019	QF	Simona Halep	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2019	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-4 2-6 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2019	R32	Stefanie Voegele	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2019	R64	Lucie Hradecka	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2019	F	Petra Kvitova	6-3 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2019	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2019	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2019	R32	Ons Jabeur	7-6(4) 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data