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Angelique Kerber #2 def. Kimberly Birrell #240

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Kimberly Birrell

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Kimberly Birrell
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	78	50
Second serve points won %	73	25
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	76	39
Return points won %	61	24
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Kimberly Birrell
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Apr 29, 1998
Age	31	20
Height	173	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	240
Ranking points (entering)	5,505	236
Elo (entering)	1,933	1,550
Career W-L	461–270	47–57
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$2,882,052

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 0 – 0 Kimberly Birrell

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Polona Hercog	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Danielle Collins	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kimberly Birrell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Donna Vekic	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Paula Badosa	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data