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Elise Mertens #22 def. Jessica Pegula #83

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 27, 2020*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Jessica Pegula

Stat	Elise Mertens	Jessica Pegula
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	59	67
First serve points won %	78	53
Second serve points won %	58	40
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	70	49
Return points won %	51	30
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Jessica Pegula
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Feb 24, 1994
Age	24	26
Height	179	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	22	83
Ranking points (entering)	2,070	783
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,784
Career W-L	311–199	285–134
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$25,333,584

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 0 Jessica Pegula

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2020	R16	Veronika Kudermetova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2020	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-1 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2020	R64	Rebecca Peterson	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2020	SF	Naomi Osaka	2-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Jessica Pegula's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2020	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-2 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2020	R32	Amanda Anisimova	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2020	R64	Jennifer Brady	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2020	Q2	Liudmila Samsonova	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2020	Q1	Varvara Gracheva	7-5 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data