Anastasia Myskina vs Dinara Safina — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 February 2003
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Myskina A.
6-4 6-3
Safina D.
Myskina A.
662
Safina D.
43–

Anastasia Myskina defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Anastasia Myskina came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Anastasia Myskina extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-03-06Indian WellsR16hardDinara Safina6-1 6-3
2005-10-03FilderstadtR16hardAnastasia Myskina7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-5
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayAnastasia Myskina6-2 6-2
2003-02-10DohaQFhardAnastasia Myskina6-2 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Myskina A.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Myskina A.

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. About

Statistics

This season
Myskina A.Safina D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
55%
58%
Return points won·Even
48%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.9
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.6
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Myskina A.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
45
72
Break points saved·Clear edge
66
79
Break points won·Clear edge
63
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
58
79
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
57
77

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 49 km/hHumidity 32%

Draw

Final
Henin J.
Seles M.
4-67-647-5
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Mauresmo A.
6-32-2
Henin J.
Capriati J.
7-54-66-4
Quarter-finals
Mauresmo A.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-26-4
Seles M.
Tulyaganova I.
6-17-5
Capriati J.
Martinez C.
6-26-3
Henin J.
Myskina A.
6-16-4
R16
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Schnyder P.
6-1
Tulyaganova I.
Maleeva M.
7-627-5
Mauresmo A.
Mandula P.
6-22-67-65
Capriati J.
Kuznetsova S.
6-26-1
Myskina A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Martinez C.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-776-2
Seles M.
Schiavone F.
6-36-2
Henin J.
Barna A.
1-66-26-4
R32
Mandula P.
Black C.
6-07-5
Kuznetsova S.
Majoli I.
7-626-2
Daniilidou E.
Sfar S.
7-626-2
Schnyder P.
Pratt N.
6-47-5
Tulyaganova I.
Leon Garcia G.
6-34-67-64
Maleeva M.
Gagliardi E.
7-56-2
Martinez C.
Grande R.
6-36-2
Tanasugarn T.
Widjaja A.
5-77-56-4
Schiavone F.
Panova T.
6-46-0
Myskina A.
Safina D.
6-46-3
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-36-0
Barna A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0