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Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 def. Jelena Jankovic #4

6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2009*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	61	72
First serve points won %	60	50
Second serve points won %	63	53
Break points saved %	60	56
Break points converted %	44	40
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Jankovic
Country	RUS	SRB
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Feb 28, 1985
Age	23	24
Height	174	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	4
Ranking points (entering)	4,776	7,350
Elo (entering)	1,995	2,003
Career W-L	580–319	547–332
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 – 4 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	SF	Victoria Azarenka	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Kateryna Volodko	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Gisela Dulko	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data