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Danielle Collins #30 def. Elise Mertens #26

4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2022*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Danielle Collins
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Danielle Collins	Elise Mertens
Aces	1	8
Double faults	7	9
First serve %	53	58
First serve points won %	63	67
Second serve points won %	53	38
Break points saved %	56	72
Break points converted %	28	44
Service points won %	59	55
Return points won %	45	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Danielle Collins	Elise Mertens
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Dec 13, 1993	Nov 17, 1995
Age	28	26
Height	178	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	26
Ranking points (entering)	1,911	2,091
Elo (entering)	1,914	1,879
Career W-L	169–115	311–199
Career earnings	$10,271,733	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Danielle Collins 1 – 1 Elise Mertens

Path

Danielle Collins's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2022	R32	Clara Tauson	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2022	R64	Ana Konjuh	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2022	R128	Caroline Dolehide	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Danielle Collins's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2022	QF	Alizé Cornet	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2022	R32	Shuai Zhang	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2022	R64	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2022	R128	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data