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Mihaela Buzarnescu #105 def. Belinda Bencic #228

6-4 5-7 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 2017*
Tournament	Linz
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mihaela Buzarnescu
Score	6-4 5-7 7-6(4)
Loser	Belinda Bencic

Stat	Mihaela Buzarnescu	Belinda Bencic
Aces	6	2
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	68	74
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	61	43
Break points saved %	50	77
Break points converted %	23	50
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mihaela Buzarnescu	Belinda Bencic
Country	ROU	SUI
Birth date	May 4, 1988	Mar 10, 1997
Age	29	20
Height	175	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	105	228
Ranking points (entering)	605	234
Elo (entering)	1,573	1,646
Career W-L	58–63	298–187
Career earnings	$2,791,287	$17,050,641

Pre-match H2H

Mihaela Buzarnescu 0 – 0 Belinda Bencic

Path

Mihaela Buzarnescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2017	R16	Ajla Tomljanovic	4-6 7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2017	R32	Anett Kontaveit	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2017	Q3	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2017	Q2	Kayla Day	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2017	Q1	Alexa Glatch	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mihaela Buzarnescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	SF	Barbora Strycova	3-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2017	R16	Lara Arruabarrena	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2017	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	4-6 6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data