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Lucie Safarova #25 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #19

6-1 2-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 2012*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Lucie Safarova
Score	6-1 2-0 (ret.)
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Lucie Safarova	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	82	42
Second serve points won %	42	33
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	66	38
Return points won %	62	34
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lucie Safarova	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	CZE	RUS
Birth date	Feb 4, 1987	Jun 27, 1985
Age	24	26
Height	177	174
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,060	2,706
Elo (entering)	1,795	1,835
Career W-L	351–270	580–319
Career earnings	$12,656,891	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Lucie Safarova 1 – 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Ana Ivanovic	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Na Li	2-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Vera Zvonareva	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data