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Jie Zheng #48 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #19

2-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 2012*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jie Zheng
Score	2-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Jie Zheng	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	1	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	70	63
First serve points won %	56	53
Second serve points won %	42	52
Break points saved %	71	50
Break points converted %	50	29
Service points won %	52	52
Return points won %	48	48
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jie Zheng	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	CHN	RUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1983	Jun 27, 1985
Age	28	26
Height	164	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	19
Ranking points (entering)	1,145	2,606
Elo (entering)	1,744	1,833
Career W-L	216–193	580–319
Career earnings	$6,157,773	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Jie Zheng 0 – 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Jie Zheng's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	QF	Lucie Hradecka	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	R16	Monica Niculescu	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R32	Ayumi Morita	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jie Zheng's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2012	F	Flavia Pennetta	2-6 6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	QF	Sara Errani	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	R16	Christina Mchale	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R32	Alison Riske-Amritraj	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data