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Angelique Kerber #7 def. Petra Kvitova #5

6-1 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2012*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-1 2-6 6-4
Loser	Petra Kvitova

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitova
Aces	4	4
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	65	70
First serve points won %	63	58
Second serve points won %	44	35
Break points saved %	64	50
Break points converted %	50	36
Service points won %	57	51
Return points won %	49	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitova
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Mar 8, 1990
Age	24	22
Height	173	182
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	5
Ranking points (entering)	5,225	5,975
Elo (entering)	2,002	2,035
Career W-L	461–270	501–258
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$37,653,615

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 1 – 1 Petra Kvitova

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2012	QF	Serena Williams	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2012	R16	Andrea Sestini Hlavackova	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2012	R32	Timea Babos	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2012	F	Na Li	6-1 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Kvitova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2012	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2012	R16	Shuai Peng	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2012	R32	Mona Barthel	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data