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Alicia Molik #89 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #45

7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 2002*
Tournament	Japan Open
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Alicia Molik
Score	7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alicia Molik	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1981	Jun 27, 1985
Age	21	17
Height	182	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	89	45
Ranking points (entering)	406	799
Elo (entering)	1,569	1,768
Career W-L	151–161	580–319
Career earnings	$3,185,805	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Alicia Molik 0 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Alicia Molik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2002	R32	Vanessa Webb	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Alicia Molik's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2002	QF	Tamarine Tanasugarn	4-6 6-1 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2002	R32	Virginie Razzano	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data