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Elise Mertens #65 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #33

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 2017*
Tournament	Istanbul
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Irina-Camelia Begu

Stat	Elise Mertens	Irina-Camelia Begu
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	67	61
First serve points won %	67	52
Second serve points won %	69	29
Break points saved %	100	29
Break points converted %	71	0
Service points won %	67	43
Return points won %	57	33
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Irina-Camelia Begu
Country	BEL	ROU
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Aug 26, 1990
Age	21	26
Height	179	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	65	33
Ranking points (entering)	874	1,507
Elo (entering)	1,648	1,700
Career W-L	311–199	249–234
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$9,074,683

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 0 Irina-Camelia Begu

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2017	QF	Cagla Buyukakcay	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2017	R16	Sara Errani	7-6(3) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2017	R32	Kateryna Baindl	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2017	F	Elina Svitolina	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2017	QF	Basak Eraydin	2-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2017	R16	Kirsten Flipkens	6-1 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2017	R32	Tatjana Maria	1-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data