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Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 def. Jie Zheng #24

4-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	4-1 (ret.)
Loser	Jie Zheng

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jie Zheng
Aces	0	1
First serve %	72	76
First serve points won %	62	53
Second serve points won %	100	50
Break points saved %	—	75
Break points converted %	25	—
Service points won %	72	52
Return points won %	48	28
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jie Zheng
Country	RUS	CHN
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Jul 5, 1983
Age	23	25
Height	174	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	24
Ranking points (entering)	5,190	2,108
Elo (entering)	1,937	1,842
Career W-L	580–319	216–193
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$6,157,773

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 – 0 Jie Zheng

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Alona Bondarenko	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Tatjana Maria	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Anastasia Rodionova	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Serena Williams	7-5 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jie Zheng's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Kateryna Volodko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Melinda Czink	7-6(0) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Camille Pin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data