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Ekaterina Makarova #37 def. Dominika Cibulkova #5

6-2 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 22, 2017*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Ekaterina Makarova
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2
Loser	Dominika Cibulkova

Stat	Ekaterina Makarova	Dominika Cibulkova
Aces	—	1
Double faults	—	2
First serve %	—	58
First serve points won %	—	63
Second serve points won %	—	45
Break points saved %	—	45
Break points converted %	—	20
Service points won %	—	55
Return points won %	—	42
Total points won %	—	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ekaterina Makarova	Dominika Cibulkova
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Jun 7, 1988	May 6, 1989
Age	28	27
Height	180	161
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,377	5,150
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,898
Career W-L	248–222	365–261
Career earnings	$13,229,362	$13,725,520

Pre-match H2H

Ekaterina Makarova 1 – 3 Dominika Cibulkova

Path

Ekaterina Makarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2017	R64	Lin Zhu	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ekaterina Makarova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2017	R16	Lauren Davis	6-4 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dominika Cibulkova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.