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[email protected]) ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – FINALS [WC] MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #126) vs. [8] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #61) First meeting Guaranteed to be a Russian champion in St. Petersburg for the first time in tournament history… Gasparyan is currently 2-0 in WTA finals… Kasatkina recovered from a set down to reach second WTA final of the season... A win for Gasparyan would make her the first WC in tournament history to win the title… Kasatkina bidding to win multiple titles in one season for the first time in her career A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS ST. PETERSBURG SEASON CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) W/L* (MD) W/L* (MD) W/L* PRIZE $^ TITLES [8] Daria Kasatkina 61 23 RUS 11-5 14-4 148-110 6,088,267 3 [WC] Margarita Gasparyan 126 26 RUS 5-3 5-3 50-54 1,814,201 2 *Includes current tournament / ^ Does not include current tournament FINAL RECORDS PLAYER LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) CAREER F W/L [8] Daria Kasatkina 2021 Phillip Island Trophy (WON) 3-3 [WC] Margarita Gasparyan 2018 Tashkent (WON) 2-0 FINALIST STATS SERVICE POINTS SERVICE GAMES RETURN POINTS RETURN GAMES PLAYER ACES WON WON WON WON [8] Daria Kasatkina 7 193/332 (58%) 31/49 (63%) 171/332 (52%) 24/49 (49%) [WC] Margarita Gasparyan 6 172/299 (58%) 31/43 (72%) 152/300 (51%)