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Kaia Kanepi #24 def. Elena Vesnina #75

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date Feb 21, 2009*
Tournament Dubai
Category WTA 500
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Kaia Kanepi
Score6-3 7-5
Loser Elena Vesnina
StatKaia KanepiElena Vesnina
Aces32
Double faults65
First serve %5464
First serve points won %7162
Second serve points won %5335
Break points saved %7173
Break points converted %2729
Service points won %6353
Return points won %4737
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKaia KanepiElena Vesnina
Country EST RUS
Birth dateJun 10, 1985Aug 1, 1986
Age2322
Height179176
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2475
Ranking points (entering)2,080815
Elo (entering)1,7991,687
Career W-L261–235262–260
Career earnings$8,492,308$13,058,021
Pre-match H2H
Kaia Kanepi 0 1 Elena Vesnina

Path

Kaia Kanepi's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 20, 2009R16 Jelena Jankovic 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data
Feb 19, 2009R32 Sania Mirza 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch data
Feb 18, 2009R64 Tamira Paszek 2-6 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data

Kaia Kanepi's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 21, 2009SF Virginie Razzano 1-6 2-6LH2HMatch data

Elena Vesnina's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 20, 2009R16 Dominika Cibulkova 4-6 6-1 4-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Feb 19, 2009R32 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 3-6 6-0WH2HMatch data
Feb 18, 2009R64 Na Li 1-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data