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Elise Mertens #37 def. Elina Svitolina #4

6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Elise Mertens
Score	6-4 6-0
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Elise Mertens	Elina Svitolina
Aces	2	3
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	66	52
First serve points won %	67	52
Second serve points won %	65	40
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	66	46
Return points won %	54	34
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elise Mertens	Elina Svitolina
Country	BEL	UKR
Birth date	Nov 17, 1995	Sep 12, 1994
Age	22	23
Height	179	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,465	5,785
Elo (entering)	1,839	2,003
Career W-L	311–199	429–227
Career earnings	$20,040,505	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Elise Mertens 0 – 1 Elina Svitolina

Path

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Petra Martic	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Alizé Cornet	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Daria Saville	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2018	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	3-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Denisa Satralova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Marta Kostyuk	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Katerina Siniakova	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Ivana Jorovic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data