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Svetlana Kuznetsova #41 def. Elina Svitolina #5

2-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 2021*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	2-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Elina Svitolina
Aces	3	1
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	64	54
First serve points won %	69	65
Second serve points won %	41	53
Break points saved %	57	43
Break points converted %	57	43
Service points won %	59	59
Return points won %	41	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Elina Svitolina
Country	RUS	UKR
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Sep 12, 1994
Age	35	26
Height	174	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	41	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,631	5,370
Elo (entering)	1,786	1,931
Career W-L	580–319	429–227
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 – 4 Elina Svitolina

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2021	R64	Qiang Wang	6-4 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2021	R16	Barbora Krejcikova	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

No prior matches in this tournament.