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Elina Svitolina #4 def. Naomi Osaka #48

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date Feb 23, 2018*
Tournament Dubai
Category WTA 500
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Elina Svitolina
Score6-2 6-4
Loser Naomi Osaka
StatElina SvitolinaNaomi Osaka
Aces33
Double faults36
First serve %5251
First serve points won %6963
Second serve points won %4731
Break points saved %6029
Break points converted %7140
Service points won %5847
Return points won %5342
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldElina SvitolinaNaomi Osaka
Country UKR JPN
Birth dateSep 12, 1994Oct 16, 1997
Age2320
Height174180
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)448
Ranking points (entering)5,9101,130
Elo (entering)1,9721,767
Career W-L429–227240–130
Career earnings$30,204,956$26,367,552
Pre-match H2H
Elina Svitolina 1 2 Naomi Osaka

Path

Elina Svitolina's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 22, 2018R16 Qiang Wang 6-1 5-7 6-2WH2HMatch data

Elina Svitolina's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 24, 2018SF Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Naomi Osaka's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 22, 2018R16 Anett Kontaveit 6-2 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data
Feb 21, 2018R32 Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data