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Svetlana Kuznetsova #7 def. Serena Williams #2

7-6(3) 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	7-6(3) 5-7 7-5
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Serena Williams
Aces	3	10
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	69	61
First serve points won %	63	71
Second serve points won %	49	32
Break points saved %	40	40
Break points converted %	60	60
Service points won %	58	55
Return points won %	45	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Serena Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Sep 26, 1981
Age	23	27
Height	174	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	2
Ranking points (entering)	5,091	7,838
Elo (entering)	2,005	2,070
Career W-L	580–319	825–170
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 – 5 Serena Williams

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2009	R16	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2009	R32	Melinda Czink	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Galina Voskoboeva	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2009	R128	Claire Feuerstein	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2009	SF	Samantha Stosur	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2009	R16	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2009	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2009	R128	Klara Koukalova	6-3 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data