SF Japan Women's Open 2008

Kaia Kanepi #33 def. Aleksandra Wozniak #38

6-4 6-4

Kaia Kanepi defeated Aleksandra Wozniak 6-4 6-4 in the 2008 Japan Women's Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 4, 2008*
Tournament: Japan Women's Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Kaia Kanepi	Aleksandra Wozniak
Aces	3	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	57.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	84.0%	67.0%
Second serve points won %	43.0%	52.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	57.0%
Break points converted %	43.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	61.0%
Return points won %	39.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Kaia Kanepi	Aleksandra Wozniak
Country	EST	CAN
Birth date	Jun 10, 1985	Sep 7, 1987
Age	23	21
Height	179 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	33	38
Ranking points (entering)	913	757
Elo (entering)	1,765	1,678
Current career W-L	264–236	103–129
Current career earnings	$8,492,308	$2,028,797

Pre-match H2H

Kaia Kanepi #33 0 – 0 Aleksandra Wozniak #38

Path

Kaia Kanepi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #76	7-6(4) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2008	QF
Yanina Wickmayer #67	3-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2008	R16
Lucie Safarova #72	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2008	R32

Kaia Kanepi's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Caroline Wozniacki #16	2-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2008	F

Aleksandra Wozniak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Samantha Stosur #61	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2008	QF
Ryoko Fuda	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2008	R16
Jill Craybas #66	7-5 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2008	R32