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Elise Mertens #17 def. Veronika Kudermetova #29

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 2021*
Tournament	Istanbul
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Veronika Kudermetova

Stat	Elise Mertens	Veronika Kudermetova
Aces	1	2
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	63	46
First serve points won %	59	61
Second serve points won %	71	32
Break points saved %	0	54
Break points converted %	46	100
Service points won %	63	45
Return points won %	55	37
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Veronika Kudermetova
Country	BEL	RUS
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Apr 24, 1997
Age	25	24
Height	179	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	29
Ranking points (entering)	3,400	2,130
Elo (entering)	1,990	1,895
Career W-L	311–199	205–152
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$10,680,692

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 2 – 0 Veronika Kudermetova

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	QF	Katerina Siniakova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2021	R16	Viktorija Golubic	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2021	R32	Lara Arruabarrena	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2021	F	Sorana Cirstea	1-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Veronika Kudermetova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	QF	Ana Bogdan	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2021	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2021	R32	Bernarda Pera	6-4 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data