Marta Kostyuk ousts Claire Liu 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Kostyuk will face off with Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2018, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Kostyuk's Record

Kostyuk added to her prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Claire Liu Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Liu
6-3 4-6 6-1
2h:03
86
86
Total points
67
67
26
26
Winners
29
29
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
22
22
Unforced
27
27
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
10/17
10/17
Net Approaches
16/24
16/24
59%
59%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
7
7
Double Faults
0
0
49%
49%
1st in
63%
63%
68%
68%
1st won
60%
60%
26/38
26/38
1st won
29/48
29/48
62%
62%
2nd won
39%
39%
24/39
24/39
2nd won
11/28
11/28
180
180
Fastest serve
169
169
164
164
AVG 1st Serve
156
156
148
148
AVG 2nd Serve
140
140
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
3/5
3/5
75%
75%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 86 points vs. Liu’s 67.

Kostyuk

Marta was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8).

Liu

On the other side, the American didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Liu is 3-1 for Marta.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Kostyuk will come up against Mertens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Marta Kostyuk and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.

1st
Kostyuk
Liu
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kostyuk
Liu
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Kostyuk
Liu
5-1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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