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Polona Hercog #38 def. Nadia Petrova #35

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 7, 2012*
Tournament	Charleston
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Polona Hercog
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Nadia Petrova

Stat	Polona Hercog	Nadia Petrova
Aces	3	0
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	74	49
First serve points won %	63	22
Second serve points won %	33	21
Break points saved %	71	12
Break points converted %	88	29
Service points won %	55	22
Return points won %	78	45
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Polona Hercog	Nadia Petrova
Country	SLO	RUS
Birth date	Jan 20, 1991	Jun 8, 1982
Age	21	29
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	38	35
Ranking points (entering)	1,435	1,646
Elo (entering)	1,666	1,765
Career W-L	170–212	441–276
Career earnings	$4,547,434	$12,466,924

Pre-match H2H

Polona Hercog 1 – 1 Nadia Petrova

Path

Polona Hercog's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Marion Bartoli	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Varvara Lepchenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 2012	R64	Kimiko Date Krumm	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Polona Hercog's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	SF	Lucie Safarova	0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Jill Craybas	2-6 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 2012	R64	Mariana Duque-Mariño	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data