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Flavia Pennetta #20 def. Elena Vesnina #57

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 2012*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Flavia Pennetta
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Elena Vesnina

Stat	Flavia Pennetta	Elena Vesnina
Aces	1	1
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	56	70
First serve points won %	74	52
Second serve points won %	56	21
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	66	43
Return points won %	57	34
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Flavia Pennetta	Elena Vesnina
Country	ITA	RUS
Birth date	Feb 25, 1982	Aug 1, 1986
Age	29	25
Height	172	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	57
Ranking points (entering)	2,490	1,105
Elo (entering)	1,802	1,721
Career W-L	418–272	262–260
Career earnings	$14,197,886	$13,058,021

Pre-match H2H

Flavia Pennetta 3 – 2 Elena Vesnina

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	R16	Elena Baltacha	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R32	Sorana Cirstea	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	SF	Angelique Kerber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	R16	Roberta Vinci	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R32	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data