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Aryna Sabalenka #20 def. Ashleigh Barty #17

7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 2018*
Tournament	Wuhan
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Ashleigh Barty

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Ashleigh Barty
Aces	9	5
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	54	64
First serve points won %	84	68
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	69	61
Return points won %	39	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Ashleigh Barty
Country	BLR	AUS
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Apr 24, 1996
Age	20	22
Height	182	166
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,320	2,850
Elo (entering)	1,922	1,953
Career W-L	399–138	191–70
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$23,829,070

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 1 Ashleigh Barty

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	QF	Dominika Cibulkova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R16	Sofia Kenin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2018	R32	Elina Svitolina	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2018	R64	Carla Suárez Navarro	7-6(2) 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2018	F	Anett Kontaveit	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ashleigh Barty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R16	Angelique Kerber	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2018	R32	Saisai Zheng	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2018	R64	Johanna Konta	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data