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Elena Dementieva #11 def. Francesca Schiavone #24

5-7 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2008*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elena Dementieva
Score	5-7 7-5 6-2
Loser	Francesca Schiavone

Stat	Elena Dementieva	Francesca Schiavone
Aces	0	2
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	65	53
First serve points won %	61	60
Second serve points won %	46	41
Break points saved %	45	33
Break points converted %	67	55
Service points won %	56	51
Return points won %	49	44
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Dementieva	Francesca Schiavone
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Oct 14, 1981	Jun 23, 1980
Age	26	27
Height	180	166
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	24
Ranking points (entering)	1,915	1,091
Elo (entering)	1,972	1,894
Career W-L	472–243	439–367
Career earnings	$14,867,437	$11,324,245

Pre-match H2H

Elena Dementieva 2 – 4 Francesca Schiavone

Path

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2008	QF	Ana Ivanovic	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2008	R16	Alona Bondarenko	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2008	R32	Patty Schnyder	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2008	F	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Francesca Schiavone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2008	QF	Justine Henin	7-6(3) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2008	R16	Sybille Bammer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2008	R32	Marion Bartoli	6-1 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data