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Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 def. Dinara Safina #17

7-6(5) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	7-6(5) 6-0
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina
Aces	5	1
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	58	58
First serve points won %	66	45
Second serve points won %	41	23
Break points saved %	67	12
Break points converted %	88	33
Service points won %	55	36
Return points won %	64	45
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Apr 27, 1986
Age	20	20
Height	174	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,711	1,099
Elo (entering)	2,050	1,979
Career W-L	580–319	299–160
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 – 2 Dinara Safina

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2006	R16	Francesca Schiavone	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Na Li	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Mara Santangelo	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Laura Granville	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	SF	Nicole Vaidisova	5-7 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2006	R16	Maria Sharapova	7-5 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Katarina Srebotnik	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Hana Sromova	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data