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Irina-Camelia Begu #138 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #14

3-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 2011*
Tournament	Marbella
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Irina-Camelia Begu
Score	3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Irina-Camelia Begu	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	3	0
Double faults	9	4
First serve %	54	65
First serve points won %	59	57
Second serve points won %	43	40
Break points saved %	64	68
Break points converted %	32	36
Service points won %	52	51
Return points won %	49	48
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Irina-Camelia Begu	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Aug 26, 1990	Jun 27, 1985
Age	20	25
Height	181	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	138	14
Ranking points (entering)	476	2,800
Elo (entering)	1,541	1,894
Career W-L	249–234	580–319
Career earnings	$9,074,683	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Irina-Camelia Begu 0 – 0 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Klara Koukalova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Estrella Cabeza Candela	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Alberta Brianti	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Irina-Camelia Begu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2011	F	Victoria Azarenka	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Lara Arruabarrena	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Agnes Szavay	6-7(2) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Mona Barthel	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data