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Angelique Kerber #12 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #27

7-6(9) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 19, 2015*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	7-6(9) 6-4
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	1	1
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	65	55
First serve points won %	65	52
Second serve points won %	36	42
Break points saved %	56	44
Break points converted %	56	44
Service points won %	55	48
Return points won %	52	45
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Jun 27, 1985
Age	27	29
Height	173	174
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	27
Ranking points (entering)	2,645	1,701
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,790
Career W-L	461–270	580–319
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 2 – 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Flavia Pennetta	2-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2015	R64	Kaia Kanepi	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data