R16 Dubai Tennis Championships 2008

Svetlana Kuznetsova #3 def. Lucie Safarova #40

6-1 6-2

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Lucie Safarova 6-1 6-2 in the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 29, 2008*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2008
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lucie Safarova
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Feb 4, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	174 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	40
Ranking points (entering)	3,725	695
Elo (entering)	1,985	1,754
Current career W-L	594–323	354–273
Current career earnings	$25,816,890	$12,656,891

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova #3 0 – 1 Lucie Safarova #40

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amélie Mauresmo #29	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2008	QF

Lucie Safarova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ai Sugiyama #39	1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2008	R32