Tolstova/Kuznetsov1-4 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	7.14
PA/G:	8.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.55
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Ekaterina Tolstova/Petr Kuznetsov (Dmitrov, RUS) finished 1-4 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tolstova/Kuznetsov lost 6-3 to Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS), then responded with a 11-1 win over Svetlana Saifutdinova/Ilgiz Saifutdinov (Moscow, RUS). Tolstova/Kuznetsov went on to lose 9-4 against Maria Ignatenko/Dmitry Mironov (Sochi, RUS). Tolstova/Kuznetsov lost 6-4 to Kristina Dudko/Vladislav Velichko (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Tolstova/Kuznetsov lost 8-3 to Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy in their final qualifying round match.

Tolstova/Kuznetsov earned 1.800 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.800 total points. Tolstova/Kuznetsov ranks 171st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.800 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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