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Dinara Safina #1 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #8

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2009*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	72	70
First serve points won %	57	54
Second serve points won %	61	29
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	58	46
Return points won %	54	42
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jun 27, 1985
Age	23	23
Height	182	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	9,071	4,776
Elo (entering)	2,044	2,028
Career W-L	299–160	580–319
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 6 – 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	SF	Venus Williams	6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	QF	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Jie Zheng	5-7 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Virginie Razzano	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	SF	Victoria Azarenka	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	QF	Jelena Jankovic	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data