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Lucie Safarova #29 def. Sorana Cirstea #36

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date Jan 18, 2018*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Lucie Safarova
Score6-2 6-4
Loser Sorana Cirstea
StatLucie SafarovaSorana Cirstea
Aces64
Double faults23
First serve %5358
First serve points won %6265
Second serve points won %5832
Break points saved %8020
Break points converted %8020
Service points won %6051
Return points won %4940
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldLucie SafarovaSorana Cirstea
Country CZE ROU
Birth dateFeb 4, 1987Apr 7, 1990
Age3027
Height177176
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2936
Ranking points (entering)1,6501,480
Elo (entering)1,7821,725
Career W-L351–270373–343
Career earnings$12,656,891$12,527,864
Pre-match H2H
Lucie Safarova 4 1 Sorana Cirstea

Path

Lucie Safarova's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2018R128 Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch data

Lucie Safarova's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 2018R32 Karolina Pliskova 6-7(6) 5-7LH2HMatch data

Sorana Cirstea's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2018R128 Zarina Diyas 5-7 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data