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Serena Williams #2 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #8

5-7 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	5-7 7-5 6-1
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	5	5
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	59	64
First serve points won %	69	66
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	60	45
Break points converted %	55	40
Service points won %	61	55
Return points won %	45	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 27, 1985
Age	27	23
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	7,932	5,190
Elo (entering)	2,119	1,948
Career W-L	825–170	580–319
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Victoria Azarenka	3-6 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Shuai Peng	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Gisela Dulko	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Meng Yuan	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2009	SF	Elena Dementieva	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Jie Zheng	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Alona Bondarenko	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Tatjana Maria	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Anastasia Rodionova	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data