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Angelique Kerber #16 def. Madison Keys #20

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Madison Keys

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Madison Keys
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	59	65
First serve points won %	83	43
Second serve points won %	44	31
Break points saved %	67	33
Break points converted %	67	33
Service points won %	67	39
Return points won %	61	33
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Madison Keys
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Feb 17, 1995
Age	30	22
Height	173	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	20
Ranking points (entering)	2,491	2,214
Elo (entering)	1,901	1,914
Career W-L	461–270	363–211
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$24,778,482

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 5 – 1 Madison Keys

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Su-Wei Hsieh	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Maria Sharapova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Donna Vekic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2018	SF	Simona Halep	3-6 6-4 7-9	L	H2H	Match data

Madison Keys's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Caroline Garcia	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Ana Bogdan	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Qiang Wang	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data