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Nadia Petrova #21 def. Nathalie Dechy #92

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 2008*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nadia Petrova
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Nathalie Dechy

Stat	Nadia Petrova	Nathalie Dechy
Aces	3	0
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	54	50
First serve points won %	69	48
Second serve points won %	48	30
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	59	39
Return points won %	61	41
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nadia Petrova	Nathalie Dechy
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1982	Feb 21, 1979
Age	26	29
Height	178	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	92
Ranking points (entering)	1,151	391
Elo (entering)	1,863	1,685
Career W-L	441–276	291–270
Career earnings	$12,466,924	$4,281,064

Pre-match H2H

Nadia Petrova 5 – 2 Nathalie Dechy

Path

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	SF	Maria Kirilenko	1-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	QF	Lilia Osterloh	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2008	R16	Julie Ditty	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2008	R32	Galina Voskoboeva	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nathalie Dechy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	SF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	QF	Aleksandra Wozniak	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2008	R16	Katarina Srebotnik	7-5 2-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2008	R32	Olivia Sanchez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data