Dinara Safina vs Margit Ruutel — RomeParioli 10K Round of 16

RomeParioli 10K · ITF · Round of 16

RUS

Dinara Safina

40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

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2 — 0

Sets

Monday, 25 March 2002 · 00:00

clay

EST

Margit Ruutel

42 yrs · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

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Safina D.

6-4 6-2

Ruutel M.

Safina D.

662

Ruutel M.

420

Dinara Safina defeated Margit Ruutel 6-4 6-2 in the RomeParioli 10K round of 16 on clay.

Key context

Match story: Dinara Safina dropped just 6 games past Margit Ruutel.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Safina D.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Ruutel M.

Ruutel M.serving46% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season

Safina D.Ruutel M.

1st serve in·Slight edge

64%

74%

1st serve points won·Slight edge

66%

56%

2nd serve points won·Even

43%

44%

Service points won·Slight edge

58%

53%

Return points won·Slight edge

47%

37%

Break points saved·Clear edge

55%

43%

Aces / match·Slight edge

3.2

2.0

Double faults / match·Even

5.7

6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Serve vs return

This season

Safina D.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Ruutel M.

Ruutel M.serving46% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. Small sample — read as indicative. About