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Dominika Cibulkova #11 def. Elise Mertens #46

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 25, 2017*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Dominika Cibulkova
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Dominika Cibulkova	Elise Mertens
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65	45
First serve points won %	69	52
Second serve points won %	53	39
Break points saved %	75	29
Break points converted %	71	25
Service points won %	63	45
Return points won %	55	37
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominika Cibulkova	Elise Mertens
Country	SVK	BEL
Birth date	May 6, 1989	Nov 17, 1995
Age	28	21
Height	161	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	46
Ranking points (entering)	3,580	1,188
Elo (entering)	1,791	1,755
Career W-L	365–261	311–199
Career earnings	$13,725,520	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Dominika Cibulkova 0 – 0 Elise Mertens

Path

Dominika Cibulkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2017	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2017	R16	Alizé Cornet	2-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dominika Cibulkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2017	F	Daria Saville	6-4 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2017	QF	Shuai Zhang	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2017	R16	Daria Kasatkina	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2017	R32	Kiki Bertens	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2017	Q3	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2017	Q2	Aleksandra Krunic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2017	Q1	Monica Puig	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data