Dinara Safina vs Cristina Torrens Valero — Madrid Round of 32

Madrid · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 May 2002
clay
ESP
Cristina Torrens Valero
51 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Safina D.
6-3 6-7 6-0
Torrens Valero C.
Safina D.
66562
Torrens Valero C.
37701

Dinara Safina defeated Cristina Torrens Valero 6-3 6-7 6-0 in the Madrid round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Cristina Torrens Valero came in defending last year's round of 32, but Dinara Safina had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 7 on clay.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Torrens Valero C.

Torrens Valero C.serving45% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Serve advantage — Safina D.

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

Statistics

This season
Safina D.Torrens Valero C.
1st serve in·Even
64%
63%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
66%
52%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
49%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
37%
Break points saved·Clear edge
55%
36%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.7
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 4). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
22°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 40%

Draw

Final
Seles M.
Rubin C.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Suarez P.
4-66-16-3
Rubin C.
Zuluaga F.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Rubin C.
Serna M.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Smashnova A.
6-36-2
Zuluaga F.
Loit E.
4-66-07-5
Suarez P.
Fernandez C.
6-47-5
R16
Loit E.
Black C.
6-46-4
Rubin C.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-37-66
Suarez P.
Safina D.
7-56-1
Smashnova A.
Molik A.
7-56-2
Serna M.
Pratt N.
6-26-2
Seles M.
Marrero M.
7-56-2
Fernandez C.
Irvin M.
6-43-66-0
Zuluaga F.
Grande R.
7-57-5
R32
Irvin M.
Ruano Pascual V.
2-1
Serna M.
Majoli I.
4-66-16-4
Pratt N.
Fusai A.
7-56-2
Rubin C.
De Los Rios R.
6-27-65
Fernandez C.
Sugiyama A.
7-647-5
Marrero M.
Lamade B.
5-76-36-2
Molik A.
Frazier A.
6-46-3
Smashnova A.
Reeves S.
1-67-56-3
Suarez P.
Schnyder P.
6-46-4
Safina D.
Torrens Valero C.
6-36-756-0
Grande R.
Montolio A.
6-11-66-1
Zuluaga F.
Webb V.
6-46-3
Loit E.
Leon Garcia G.
4-66-16-2
Black C.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-3