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Ekaterina Alexandrova #22 def. Lin Zhu #48

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 25, 2023*
Tournament	Cleveland
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ekaterina Alexandrova
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Lin Zhu

Stat	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Lin Zhu
Aces	7	2
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	63	69
First serve points won %	78	54
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	70	53
Return points won %	47	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Lin Zhu
Country	RUS	CHN
Birth date	Nov 15, 1994	—
Age	28	—
Height	175	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	48
Ranking points (entering)	2,065	1,088
Elo (entering)	1,934	1,742
Career W-L	248–189	92–115
Career earnings	$10,718,124	$4,188,489

Pre-match H2H

Ekaterina Alexandrova 0 – 0 Lin Zhu

Path

Ekaterina Alexandrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2023	QF	Xinyu Wang	5-7 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2023	R16	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2023	R32	Patricia Maria Tig	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ekaterina Alexandrova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2023	F	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6-3 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lin Zhu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2023	QF	Caroline Garcia	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2023	R16	Julia Grabher	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2023	R32	Anna Blinkova	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data