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Kaia Kanepi #23 def. Arantxa Rus #88

6-1 4-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 2012*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Kaia Kanepi
Score	6-1 4-6 6-0
Loser	Arantxa Rus

Stat	Kaia Kanepi	Arantxa Rus
Aces	3	1
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	74	47
Second serve points won %	39	28
Break points saved %	43	50
Break points converted %	50	57
Service points won %	59	41
Return points won %	59	41
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kaia Kanepi	Arantxa Rus
Country	EST	NED
Birth date	Jun 10, 1985	Dec 13, 1990
Age	26	21
Height	179	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	88
Ranking points (entering)	2,179	742
Elo (entering)	1,887	1,559
Career W-L	261–235	89–163
Career earnings	$8,492,308	$4,694,245

Pre-match H2H

Kaia Kanepi 2 – 0 Arantxa Rus

Path

Kaia Kanepi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Caroline Wozniacki	6-1 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2012	R64	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Alexandra Panova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kaia Kanepi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2012	QF	Maria Sharapova	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arantxa Rus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Julia Goerges	7-6(5) 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2012	R64	Virginie Razzano	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Jamie Hampton	6-4 4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data