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Dinara Safina #14 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #4

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	1	1
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	67	59
First serve points won %	59	52
Second serve points won %	42	25
Break points saved %	67	45
Break points converted %	55	33
Service points won %	53	41
Return points won %	59	47
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jun 27, 1985
Age	22	22
Height	182	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,662	3,365
Elo (entering)	1,977	2,027
Career W-L	299–160	580–319
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 2 – 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2008	QF	Elena Dementieva	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2008	R16	Maria Sharapova	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jie Zheng	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Kateryna Volodko	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2008	F	Ana Ivanovic	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2008	QF	Kaia Kanepi	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2008	R16	Victoria Azarenka	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Nadia Petrova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Vania King	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Aiko Nakamura	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data