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Sania Mirza #98 def. Melinda Czink #57

6-1 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jun 13, 2009*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Sania Mirza
Score	6-1 7-6(4)
Loser	Melinda Czink

Stat	Sania Mirza	Melinda Czink
Aces	6	1
Double faults	5	9
First serve %	50	48
First serve points won %	74	62
Second serve points won %	51	39
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	63	50
Return points won %	50	37
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sania Mirza	Melinda Czink
Country	IND	HUN
Birth date	Nov 15, 1986	Oct 22, 1982
Age	22	26
Height	173	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	57
Ranking points (entering)	697	1,122
Elo (entering)	1,696	1,691
Career W-L	121–117	89–136
Career earnings	$7,267,121	$1,504,389

Pre-match H2H

Sania Mirza 0 – 1 Melinda Czink

Path

Sania Mirza's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2009	R16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7-6(3) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2009	R32	Anne Keothavong	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2009	R64	Tatiana Poutchek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sania Mirza's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2009	SF	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-3 0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Melinda Czink's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2009	R16	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-7(7) 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2009	R32	Barbora Strycova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2009	R64	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data