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Svetlana Kuznetsova #9 def. Dinara Safina #1

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 3, 2009*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina
Aces	1	3
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	65	70
First serve points won %	79	68
Second serve points won %	52	44
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	70	60
Return points won %	40	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Apr 27, 1986
Age	23	23
Height	174	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,308	8,951
Elo (entering)	1,958	2,022
Career W-L	580–319	299–160
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 – 6 Dinara Safina

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	SF	Elena Dementieva	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Gisela Dulko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Na Li	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Andrea Petkovic	6-4 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	SF	Flavia Pennetta	3-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Sara Errani	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data