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Dinara Safina #19 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #10

3-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 20, 2006*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	3-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	2	8
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	63	54
First serve points won %	56	61
Second serve points won %	44	40
Break points saved %	46	61
Break points converted %	39	54
Service points won %	51	52
Return points won %	48	49
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jun 27, 1985
Age	20	20
Height	182	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	10
Ranking points (entering)	914	1,577
Elo (entering)	1,929	2,045
Career W-L	299–160	580–319
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	QF	Elena Dementieva	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Kim Clijsters	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Maria Elena Camerin	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Laura Pous-Tio	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2006	F	Martina Hingis	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	QF	Romina Oprandi	6-4 5-7 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Anastasia Myskina	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Anna Smashnova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data