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Lucie Safarova #27 def. Sorana Cirstea #78

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2011*
Tournament	Linz
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Lucie Safarova
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Sorana Cirstea

Stat	Lucie Safarova	Sorana Cirstea
Aces	1	1
Double faults	8	3
First serve %	55	46
First serve points won %	67	57
Second serve points won %	40	33
Break points saved %	50	25
Break points converted %	75	50
Service points won %	55	44
Return points won %	56	45
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lucie Safarova	Sorana Cirstea
Country	CZE	ROU
Birth date	Feb 4, 1987	Apr 7, 1990
Age	24	21
Height	177	176
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	78
Ranking points (entering)	1,830	885
Elo (entering)	1,772	1,609
Career W-L	351–270	373–343
Career earnings	$12,656,891	$12,527,864

Pre-match H2H

Lucie Safarova 1 – 1 Sorana Cirstea

Path

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2011	R16	Alberta Brianti	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2011	R32	Iveta Benesova	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2011	SF	Dominika Cibulkova	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sorana Cirstea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2011	R16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2011	R32	Tamira Paszek	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data