Svetlana Kuznetsova #6 def. Nadia Petrova #17

6-1 6-3

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Nadia Petrova 6-1 6-3 in the 2009 China Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 10, 2009*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2009
Category: Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nadia Petrova
Aces	2	3
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	71	70
First serve points won %	69	50
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	83	50
Break points converted %	50	17
Service points won %	65	48
Return points won %	52	35
Total points won %	58	42

Player Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nadia Petrova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Jun 8, 1982
Age	24	27
Height	174 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	17
Ranking points (entering)	5,201	2,440
Elo (entering)	1,974	1,850
Current career W-L	594–323	444–278
Current career earnings	$25,816,890	$12,466,924

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova #6 4 – 1 Nadia Petrova #17

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #39	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2009	QF
Alona Bondarenko #37	6-3 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2009	R16
Anabel Medina Garrigues #22	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2009	R32
Jie Zheng #31	7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2009	R64

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Agnieszka Radwanska #11	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2009	F

Nadia Petrova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Shuai Peng #53	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2009	QF
Serena Williams #2	6-4 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2009	R16
Daniela Hantuchova #24	6-1 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2009	R32
Alla Kudryavtseva #104	6-1 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2009	R64