Daria Saville vs Svetlana Kuznetsova — Rome Round of 16

Rome · WTA · Round of 16
AUS
Daria Saville
#783WTA
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 15 May 2017
clay
RUS
Svetlana Kuznetsova
[7]
40 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWWLWW
Saville D.
2762
Kuznetsova S.
6541

Daria Saville defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 2-6 7-5 6-4 in the Rome round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Svetlana Kuznetsova came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Daria Saville claimed a first win over Svetlana Kuznetsova in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
0.68
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 41%

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-01-30St. PetersburgR16hardSvetlana Kuznetsova6-1 6-3
2016-10-17MoscowFhardSvetlana Kuznetsova6-2 6-1
2016-05-09RomeR16claySvetlana Kuznetsova6-2 2-6 6-3

Statistics

Recent form
Saville D.Kuznetsova S.
65%1st serve in+2%63%
62%1st serve points won+1%63%
42%2nd serve points won42%
55%Service points won+1%56%
43%Return points won+1%42%
52%Break points saved+4%56%
2.8Aces / match+0.12.7
5Double faults / match+23

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Svitolina E.[8]
Halep S.[6]
4-67-56-1
Semi-finals
Svitolina E.[8]
Muguruza G.[3]
4-1
Halep S.[6]
Bertens K.[15]
7-56-1
Quarter-finals
Svitolina E.[8]
Pliskova K.[2]
6-27-69
Muguruza G.[3]
Williams V.[9]
6-23-66-2
Bertens K.[15]
Saville D.
6-36-3
Halep S.[6]
Kontaveit A.
6-26-4
R16
Pliskova K.[2]
Bacsinszky T.
6-17-5
Svitolina E.[8]
Barthel M.
3-66-06-0
Muguruza G.[3]
Goerges J.
7-56-4
Williams V.[9]
Konta J.[5]
6-13-66-1
Saville D.
Kuznetsova S.[7]
2-67-56-4
Bertens K.[15]
Makarova K.
7-636-1
Halep S.[6]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[12]
6-14-66-0
Kontaveit A.
Lucic M.[16]
6-16-1
R32
Pliskova K.[2]
Davis L.
6-16-1
Bacsinszky T.
Strycova B.[14]
6-46-2
Barthel M.
Wang Q.
6-36-4
Svitolina E.[8]
Cornet A.
6-47-611
Muguruza G.[3]
Ostapenko J.
2-66-26-1
Goerges J.
Jankovic J.
2-67-626-1
Williams V.[9]
Tsurenko L.
6-46-3
Konta J.[5]
Putintseva Y.
6-36-0
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Siniakova K.
6-17-63
Saville D.
Garcia C.
7-53-66-3
Bertens K.[15]
Bellis C.
6-46-0
Makarova K.
Cibulkova D.[4]
1-66-16-3
Halep S.[6]
Siegemund L.
6-46-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[12]
Sevastova A.
7-646-2
Lucic M.[16]
Sharapova M.
6-43-61-2
Kontaveit A.
Kerber A.[1]
6-46-0
R64
Davis L.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-25-76-3
Bacsinszky T.
Babos T.
6-26-2
Strycova B.[14]
Kasatkina D.
4-64-3
Wang Q.
Vesnina E.[11]
6-26-4
Barthel M.
Peng S.
6-13-66-3
Cornet A.
Errani S.
6-36-4
Ostapenko J.
Rogers S.
6-36-4
Jankovic J.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-36-3
Goerges J.
Mladenovic K.[13]
7-667-5
Williams V.[9]
Shvedova Y.
6-47-64
Tsurenko L.
Chiesa D.
7-56-2
Putintseva Y.
Puig M.
6-27-5
Siniakova K.
Zhang S.
5-76-37-66
Garcia C.
Vekic D.
7-623-67-66
Saville D.
Keys M.[10]
2-67-57-5
Bertens K.[15]
Niculescu M.
2-66-26-1
Bellis C.
Doi M.
6-47-66
Makarova K.
Vinci R.
6-26-1
Siegemund L.
Osaka N.
6-26-4
Sevastova A.
Begu I.
6-46-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[12]
Stosur S.
6-46-756-1
Lucic M.[16]
Safarova L.
7-54-66-3
Sharapova M.
Mchale C.
6-46-2
Kontaveit A.
Petkovic A.
6-36-4