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Karolina Pliskova #6 def. Despina Papamichail #278

6-2 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date Jan 8, 2021*
Tournament Abu Dhabi
Category WTA 500
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Karolina Pliskova
Score6-2 7-6(4)
Loser Despina Papamichail
StatKarolina PliskovaDespina Papamichail
Aces40
Double faults72
First serve %5570
First serve points won %8667
Second serve points won %4528
Break points saved %8050
Break points converted %5020
Service points won %6856
Return points won %4432
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKarolina PliskovaDespina Papamichail
Country CZE GRE
Birth dateMar 21, 1992Feb 9, 1993
Age2827
Height186178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand—
Ranking (entering)6278
Ranking points (entering)5,205227
Elo (entering)1,9141,487
Career W-L421–2415–14
Career earnings$26,944,237$1,014,037
Pre-match H2H
Karolina Pliskova 0 – 0 Despina Papamichail

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Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Karolina Pliskova's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 9, 2021R32 Anastasia Gasanova 2-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Despina Papamichail's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 5, 2021Q1 Federica Di Sarra 2-6 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch data