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Vera Zvonareva #7 def. Nadia Petrova #11

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Vera Zvonareva
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Nadia Petrova

Stat	Vera Zvonareva	Nadia Petrova
Aces	2	5
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	71	64
Second serve points won %	71	44
Break points saved %	0	83
Break points converted %	17	100
Service points won %	71	56
Return points won %	44	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vera Zvonareva	Nadia Petrova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Sep 7, 1984	Jun 8, 1982
Age	24	26
Height	172	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	11
Ranking points (entering)	5,744	3,882
Elo (entering)	2,018	1,913
Career W-L	459–268	441–276
Career earnings	$16,987,921	$12,466,924

Pre-match H2H

Vera Zvonareva 1 – 5 Nadia Petrova

Path

Vera Zvonareva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Sara Errani	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Magdalena Rybarikova	7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Vera Zvonareva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Marion Bartoli	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Galina Voskoboeva	6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Sania Mirza	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data