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Svetlana Kuznetsova #3 def. Dinara Safina #9

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2007*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina
Aces	4	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	62	70
First serve points won %	78	53
Second serve points won %	55	47
Break points saved %	100	69
Break points converted %	31	0
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Apr 27, 1986
Age	21	21
Height	174	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	9
Ranking points (entering)	2,867	1,898
Elo (entering)	2,029	1,903
Career W-L	580–319	299–160
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 – 2 Dinara Safina

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2007	R16	Yuliana Fedak	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2007	R32	Mara Santangelo	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2007	SF	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2007	R16	Kateryna Volodko	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2007	R32	Kaia Kanepi	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data