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Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 def. Nicole Vaidisova #16

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Nicole Vaidisova

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nicole Vaidisova
Aces	8	5
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	52	63
First serve points won %	70	68
Second serve points won %	55	50
Break points saved %	70	67
Break points converted %	33	30
Service points won %	63	61
Return points won %	39	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nicole Vaidisova
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Apr 23, 1989
Age	20	17
Height	174	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,711	1,133
Elo (entering)	2,063	1,953
Career W-L	580–319	155–84
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$2,778,619

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 – 0 Nicole Vaidisova

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	QF	Dinara Safina	7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2006	R16	Francesca Schiavone	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Na Li	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Mara Santangelo	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Laura Granville	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2006	F	Justine Henin	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicole Vaidisova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	QF	Venus Williams	6-7(5) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2006	R16	Amélie Mauresmo	6-7(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Aravane Rezai	6-1 6-7(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Tiantian Sun	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Marta Domachowska	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data