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Victoria Azarenka #1 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #75

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2013*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	3	4
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	75	59
First serve points won %	62	49
Second serve points won %	48	38
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	58	45
Return points won %	55	42
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Jun 27, 1985
Age	23	27
Height	183	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	75
Ranking points (entering)	10,325	833
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,834
Career W-L	575–266	580–319
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 3 – 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2013	R16	Elena Vesnina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Jamie Hampton	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2013	R64	Eleni Daniilidou	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Monica Niculescu	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2013	SF	Sloane Stephens	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2013	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2013	R64	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data