Ekaterina Alexandrova victorious over Elise Mertens 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Doha on Wednesday. Alexandrova will play against Jessica Pegula in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Doha
Alexandrova's Record

The Russian added to her prize money $ 41,870 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 83,470 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 97,930 to her earnings to get in total $ 181,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alexandrova
Mertens
6-4 6-2
1h:11
55
55
Total points
41
41
17
17
Winners
18
18
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
53%
53%
1st in
61%
61%
71%
71%
1st won
58%
58%
17/24
17/24
1st won
18/31
18/31
71%
71%
2nd won
50%
50%
15/21
15/21
2nd won
10/20
10/20
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
1/1
1/1
80%
80%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 55 points vs. the Belgian’s 41.

Alexandrova

Alexandrova was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).

Mertens

On the other side, The Belgian was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Alexandrova and Mertens is 3-1 for Ekaterina.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Alexandrova will face Pegula in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Alexandrova and Pegula (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Alexandrova won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Miami back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Alexandrova 6-4
AlexandrovaMertens
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
AlexandrovaMertens
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
AlexandrovaMertens
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
AlexandrovaMertens
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
AlexandrovaMertens
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
AlexandrovaMertens
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
AlexandrovaMertens
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
AlexandrovaMertens
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
AlexandrovaMertens
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
AlexandrovaMertens
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
AlexandrovaMertens
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Alexandrova won the set after she broke Elise in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Ekaterina didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Ekaterina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th

(2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Mertens was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40).

They played 52 points. Ekaterina conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Mertens (29-23). Ekaterina conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

2nd Set -
Alexandrova 6-2
AlexandrovaMertens
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaMertens
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
AlexandrovaMertens
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
AlexandrovaMertens
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
AlexandrovaMertens
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
AlexandrovaMertens
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
AlexandrovaMertens
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Alexandrova had a racing start in this set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Ekaterina managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Elise in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Alexandrova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Ekaterina was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Elise (26-18). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Elise conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

1st
Alexandrova
Mertens
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Alexandrova
Mertens
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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