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Nathalie Dechy #25 def. Patty Schnyder #14

5-7 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Nathalie Dechy
Score	5-7 6-1 7-5
Loser	Patty Schnyder

Stat	Nathalie Dechy	Patty Schnyder
Aces	3	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	74	71
First serve points won %	60	67
Second serve points won %	62	54
Break points saved %	87	29
Break points converted %	71	13
Service points won %	60	63
Return points won %	37	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nathalie Dechy	Patty Schnyder
Country	FRA	SUI
Birth date	Feb 21, 1979	Dec 14, 1978
Age	25	26
Height	178	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,247	1,842
Elo (entering)	1,852	1,886
Career W-L	291–270	492–346
Career earnings	$4,281,064	$8,570,479

Pre-match H2H

Nathalie Dechy 2 – 2 Patty Schnyder

Path

Nathalie Dechy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Anastasia Myskina	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Francesca Schiavone	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Mashona Washington	6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nathalie Dechy's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	SF	Lindsay Davenport	6-2 6-7(5) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patty Schnyder's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Elena Dementieva	6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Abigail Spears	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Michaella Krajicek	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Yuliana Fedak	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data