QF Australian Open 2018

Elise Mertens #37 def. Elina Svitolina #4

6-4 6-0

Elise Mertens defeated Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-0 in the 2018 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatElise MertensElina Svitolina
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
23
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
20
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
66.0%51.9%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
66.7%51.9%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
64.7%40.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%44.4%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
66.0%46.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
55.6%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
53.8%34.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
59.8%40.2%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.3-10.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+10.6-9.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2018 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldElise MertensElina Svitolina
Country BEL UKR
Birth dateNov 17, 1995Sep 12, 1994
Age2223
Height179 cm174 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)374
Ranking points (entering)1,4655,785
Elo (entering)1,8282,040
Current career W-L320–205450–234
Current career earnings$20,298,565$30,597,396
Pre-match H2H

Path

Elise Mertens's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Petra Martic #817-6(5) 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2018R16
Alizé Cornet #427-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2018R32
Daria Saville #237-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2018R64
Viktoria Hruncakova #1256-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2018R128

Elise Mertens's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Caroline Wozniacki #23-6 6-7(2)LH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2018SF

Elina Svitolina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Denisa Satralova #1306-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2018R16
Marta Kostyuk #5216-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2018R32
Katerina Siniakova #594-6 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2018R64
Ivana Jorovic #2796-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2018R128