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Svetlana Kuznetsova #6 def. Lucie Safarova #45

6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 2009*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(4)
Loser	Lucie Safarova

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lucie Safarova
Aces	10	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	61	52
First serve points won %	78	73
Second serve points won %	48	53
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lucie Safarova
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Feb 4, 1987
Age	24	22
Height	174	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	45
Ranking points (entering)	5,851	1,285
Elo (entering)	2,001	1,683
Career W-L	580–319	351–270
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$12,656,891

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 – 1 Lucie Safarova

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2009	R16	Kim Clijsters	4-6 6-4 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2009	R64	Iveta Benesova	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data