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Justine Henin #8 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #14

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2006*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Justine Henin
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Justine Henin	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	3	0
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	59	52
First serve points won %	85	62
Second serve points won %	58	41
Break points saved %	100	69
Break points converted %	31	0
Service points won %	74	52
Return points won %	48	26
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Justine Henin	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	BEL	RUS
Birth date	Jun 1, 1982	Jun 27, 1985
Age	23	20
Height	167	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,891	1,173
Elo (entering)	2,214	1,904
Career W-L	442–102	580–319
Career earnings	$20,863,335	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Justine Henin 7 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Justine Henin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Nadia Petrova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Vera Dushevina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Martina Hingis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Justine Henin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2006	F	Francesca Schiavone	4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Ana Ivanovic	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Dinara Safina	6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Shinobu Asagoe	6-1 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data