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Svetlana Kuznetsova #29 def. Lucie Safarova #14

5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2015*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(3)
Loser	Lucie Safarova

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lucie Safarova
Aces	8	10
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	70	73
First serve points won %	65	68
Second serve points won %	46	43
Break points saved %	58	67
Break points converted %	33	42
Service points won %	59	61
Return points won %	39	41
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lucie Safarova
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Feb 4, 1987
Age	29	28
Height	174	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,592	2,895
Elo (entering)	1,809	1,871
Career W-L	580–319	351–270
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$12,656,891

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 – 4 Lucie Safarova

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2015	R16	Samantha Stosur	5-7 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2015	R32	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-3 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2015	R64	Ekaterina Makarova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2015	SF	Maria Sharapova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2015	R16	Roberta Vinci	6-4 6-7(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2015	R32	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2015	R64	Alison Riske-Amritraj	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data