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Karolina Muchova #27 def. Elise Mertens #16

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karolina Muchova
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Karolina Muchova	Elise Mertens
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	73	68
First serve points won %	67	65
Second serve points won %	42	29
Break points saved %	33	17
Break points converted %	83	67
Service points won %	61	53
Return points won %	47	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Muchova	Elise Mertens
Country	CZE	BEL
Birth date	Aug 21, 1996	Nov 17, 1995
Age	24	25
Height	180	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	16
Ranking points (entering)	2,135	3,060
Elo (entering)	1,833	2,008
Career W-L	176–88	311–199
Career earnings	$14,881,307	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Muchova 0 – 1 Elise Mertens

Path

Karolina Muchova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Karolina Pliskova	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Mona Barthel	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Jelena Ostapenko	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Muchova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Ashleigh Barty	1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Belinda Bencic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Lin Zhu	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Leylah Fernandez	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data