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Elina Svitolina #7 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #88

7-6(1) 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Elina Svitolina
Score	7-6(1) 4-6 6-4
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Elina Svitolina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	2	4
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	55	58
Second serve points won %	49	34
Break points saved %	53	53
Break points converted %	47	47
Service points won %	53	50
Return points won %	50	47
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elina Svitolina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	UKR	RUS
Birth date	Sep 12, 1994	Jun 27, 1985
Age	23	33
Height	174	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	88
Ranking points (entering)	4,470	753
Elo (entering)	1,969	1,735
Career W-L	429–227	580–319
Career earnings	$30,204,956	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Elina Svitolina 1 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Elina Svitolina's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Elina Svitolina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Amanda Anisimova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R64	Stefanie Voegele	6-4 2-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data