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Elina Svitolina #4 def. Angelique Kerber #12

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Elina Svitolina
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Elina Svitolina	Angelique Kerber
Aces	5	5
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	72	54
First serve points won %	65	65
Second serve points won %	45	39
Break points saved %	57	38
Break points converted %	62	43
Service points won %	60	53
Return points won %	47	40
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elina Svitolina	Angelique Kerber
Country	UKR	GER
Birth date	Sep 12, 1994	Jan 18, 1988
Age	23	30
Height	174	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	12
Ranking points (entering)	5,505	2,905
Elo (entering)	1,977	1,957
Career W-L	429–227	461–270
Career earnings	$30,204,956	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Elina Svitolina 5 – 4 Angelique Kerber

Path

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Daria Kasatkina	0-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Petra Martic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Anett Kontaveit	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Maria Sakkari	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Irina-Camelia Begu	3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R64	Zarina Diyas	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data