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Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 def. Victoria Azarenka #9

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2009*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	52	80
First serve points won %	70	45
Second serve points won %	43	36
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	57	43
Return points won %	57	43
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Victoria Azarenka
Country	RUS	BLR
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Jul 31, 1989
Age	23	19
Height	174	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	9
Ranking points (entering)	4,776	4,546
Elo (entering)	2,011	2,034
Career W-L	580–319	575–266
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 – 1 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	QF	Jelena Jankovic	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2009	F	Dinara Safina	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	QF	Kaia Kanepi	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Ayumi Morita	6-0 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data