Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 def. Karolina Pliskova #3

7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6(5) 7-6(2) in the 2017 Indian Wells Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSvetlana KuznetsovaKarolina Pliskova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
510
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
23
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
64.3%52.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
66.7%72.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
56.7%46.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
25.0%62.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
63.1%60.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
37.5%75.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
40.0%36.9%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.1%48.9%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.6+3.5
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-3.5-6.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2017 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSvetlana KuznetsovaKarolina Pliskova
Country RUS CZE
Birth dateJun 27, 1985Mar 21, 1992
Age3124
Height174 cm186 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)83
Ranking points (entering)3,9155,640
Elo (entering)1,9191,989
Current career W-L594–323430–248
Current career earnings$25,816,890$26,988,922

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #216-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataMar 17, 2017QF
Caroline Garcia #256-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 15, 2017R16
Roberta Vinci #296-2 2-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataMar 13, 2017R32
Johanna Larsson #577-6(3) 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 11, 2017R64

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Vesnina #157-6(6) 5-7 4-6LH2HMatch dataMar 19, 2017F

Karolina Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Garbiñe Muguruza #77-6(2) 7-6(5)WH2HMatch dataMar 17, 2017QF
Timea Bacsinszky #165-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataMar 15, 2017R16
Irina-Camelia Begu #326-4 7-6(2)WH2HMatch dataMar 13, 2017R32
Monica Puig #431-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 11, 2017R64