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Nadia Petrova #7 def. Elena Vesnina #100

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nadia Petrova
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Elena Vesnina

Stat	Nadia Petrova	Elena Vesnina
Aces	4	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	72	50
Second serve points won %	56	27
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	67	40
Return points won %	60	33
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nadia Petrova	Elena Vesnina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 8, 1982	Aug 1, 1986
Age	23	19
Height	178	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	100
Ranking points (entering)	1,936	256
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,557
Career W-L	441–276	262–260
Career earnings	$12,466,924	$13,058,021

Pre-match H2H

Nadia Petrova 0 – 0 Elena Vesnina

Path

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Maria Elena Camerin	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Martina Müller	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Sophie Ferguson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2006	QF	Maria Sharapova	6-7(6) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Olga Savchuk	5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Julia Schruff	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Ting (sr) Li	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data