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Karolina Pliskova #18 def. Lucie Safarova #15

3-6 7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2015*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Karolina Pliskova
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	Lucie Safarova

Stat	Karolina Pliskova	Lucie Safarova
Aces	10	5
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	62	50
First serve points won %	75	67
Second serve points won %	44	51
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Pliskova	Lucie Safarova
Country	CZE	CZE
Birth date	Mar 21, 1992	Feb 4, 1987
Age	22	28
Height	186	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,140	2,420
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,852
Career W-L	421–241	351–270
Career earnings	$26,944,237	$12,656,891

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Pliskova 1 – 0 Lucie Safarova

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2015	R32	Barbora Strycova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2015	R64	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Venus Williams	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2015	R32	Casey Dellacqua	6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2015	R64	Monica Puig	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data