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Svetlana Kuznetsova #11 def. Mara Santangelo #73

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 21, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Mara Santangelo

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Mara Santangelo
Aces	10	0
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	64	56
First serve points won %	74	50
Second serve points won %	73	33
Break points saved %	67	58
Break points converted %	42	33
Service points won %	74	43
Return points won %	57	26
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Mara Santangelo
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Jun 28, 1981
Age	20	24
Height	174	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	73
Ranking points (entering)	1,260	335
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,573
Career W-L	580–319	74–93
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$1,691,518

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 0 – 0 Mara Santangelo

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6-2 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Lauren Breadmore	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Lindsay Davenport	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mara Santangelo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Katarina Srebotnik	7-6(5) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Tatiana Golovin	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data