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Samantha Stosur #7 def. Polona Hercog #69

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2011*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Samantha Stosur
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Polona Hercog

Stat	Samantha Stosur	Polona Hercog
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	67	74
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	60	58
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	72	67
Return points won %	33	28
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Samantha Stosur	Polona Hercog
Country	AUS	SLO
Birth date	Mar 30, 1984	Jan 20, 1991
Age	27	20
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	69
Ranking points (entering)	4,156	940
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,649
Career W-L	451–335	170–212
Career earnings	$20,070,126	$4,547,434

Pre-match H2H

Samantha Stosur 0 – 0 Polona Hercog

Path

Samantha Stosur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2011	R32	Iveta Benesova	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Samantha Stosur's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	QF	Francesca Schiavone	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Polona Hercog's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2011	R32	Andrea Petkovic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2011	R64	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data