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Elena Dementieva #5 def. Sorana Cirstea #39

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2008*
Tournament	Luxembourg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elena Dementieva
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Sorana Cirstea

Stat	Elena Dementieva	Sorana Cirstea
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	57	34
First serve points won %	65	56
Second serve points won %	70	35
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	67	43
Return points won %	57	33
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Dementieva	Sorana Cirstea
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Oct 14, 1981	Apr 7, 1990
Age	27	18
Height	180	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	39
Ranking points (entering)	3,235	723
Elo (entering)	1,996	1,758
Career W-L	472–243	373–343
Career earnings	$14,867,437	$12,527,864

Pre-match H2H

Elena Dementieva 1 – 0 Sorana Cirstea

Path

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Gisela Dulko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Tatjana Maria	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2008	F	Caroline Wozniacki	2-6 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Sorana Cirstea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Daniela Hantuchova	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Sara Errani	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Yuliana Fedak	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data