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Elena Vesnina #15 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #8

6-7(6) 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2017*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Elena Vesnina
Score	6-7(6) 7-5 6-4
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Elena Vesnina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	3	9
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	57	66
First serve points won %	64	57
Second serve points won %	35	35
Break points saved %	61	50
Break points converted %	50	39
Service points won %	52	50
Return points won %	50	48
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Vesnina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Aug 1, 1986	Jun 27, 1985
Age	30	31
Height	176	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,340	3,915
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,934
Career W-L	262–260	580–319
Career earnings	$13,058,021	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Elena Vesnina 1 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2017	SF	Kristina Mladenovic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2017	QF	Venus Williams	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2017	R16	Angelique Kerber	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2017	R32	Timea Babos	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2017	R64	Shelby Rogers	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2017	SF	Karolina Pliskova	7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2017	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2017	R16	Caroline Garcia	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2017	R32	Roberta Vinci	6-2 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2017	R64	Johanna Larsson	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data