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Elena Likhovtseva #19 def. Sesil Karatantcheva #98

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2005*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Elena Likhovtseva
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Sesil Karatantcheva

Stat	Elena Likhovtseva	Sesil Karatantcheva
Aces	2	0
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	61	53
Second serve points won %	43	39
Break points saved %	45	62
Break points converted %	38	55
Service points won %	54	49
Return points won %	51	46
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Likhovtseva	Sesil Karatantcheva
Country	RUS	BUL
Birth date	Sep 8, 1975	Aug 8, 1989
Age	29	15
Height	174	171
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	98
Ranking points (entering)	1,316	366
Elo (entering)	1,800	1,669
Career W-L	358–338	50–75
Career earnings	$6,237,555	$1,405,232

Pre-match H2H

Elena Likhovtseva 0 – 1 Sesil Karatantcheva

Path

Elena Likhovtseva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2005	R16	Elena Dementieva	7-6(3) 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2005	R32	Silvia Farina Elia	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2005	R64	Mariana Diaz-Oliva	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2005	R128	Yuliana Fedak	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Likhovtseva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2005	SF	Mary Pierce	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sesil Karatantcheva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2005	R16	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2005	R32	Venus Williams	6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2005	R64	Shinobu Asagoe	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2005	R128	Alona Bondarenko	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data