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Svetlana Kuznetsova #19 def. Sloane Stephens #95

7-6(6) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 20, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	7-6(6) 7-5
Loser	Sloane Stephens

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sloane Stephens
Aces	0	2
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	60	63
First serve points won %	59	57
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	58	54
Break points converted %	46	42
Service points won %	56	48
Return points won %	52	44
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sloane Stephens
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Mar 20, 1993
Age	26	18
Height	174	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	95
Ranking points (entering)	2,646	685
Elo (entering)	1,826	1,594
Career W-L	580–319	298–240
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$19,347,815

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 0 – 0 Sloane Stephens

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Chanelle Scheepers	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Sabine Lisicki	6-2 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sloane Stephens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Sílvia Soler-Espinosa	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data