Dinara Safina vs Ludmila Cervanova — Palermo Semi-final

Palermo · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 July 2003
clay
SVK
Ludmila Cervanova
46 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLLL
Safina D.
6-4 6-0
Cervanova L.
Safina D.
662
Cervanova L.
40–

Dinara Safina defeated Ludmila Cervanova 6-4 6-0 in the Palermo semi-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-08-25US OpenR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Cervanova L.

Cervanova L.serving52% hold

wins 51% 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.Cervanova L.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
43%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
42%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 16). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
29°CClear
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Safina D.
Srebotnik K.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Srebotnik K.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Cervanova L.
6-46-0
Quarter-finals
Srebotnik K.
Fedak Y.
7-52-66-1
Safina D.
Schiavone F.
6-36-2
Cervanova L.
Nagyova H.
6-13-67-5
Medina Garrigues A.
Razzano V.
2-66-17-63
R16
Medina Garrigues A.
Chladkova D.
6-16-746-3
Razzano V.
Koukalova K.
6-26-1
Srebotnik K.
Vinci R.
5-76-06-1
Fedak Y.
Voracova R.
6-37-64
Safina D.
Schaul C.
7-56-4
Schiavone F.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-26-1
Nagyova H.
Loit E.
6-36-2
Cervanova L.
Serna M.
6-36-1
R32
Vinci R.
Benesova I.
7-666-0
Fedak Y.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-26-1
Srebotnik K.
Garbin T.
6-27-5
Razzano V.
Kulikovskaya E.
6-16-4
Koukalova K.
Marrero M.
6-26-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Camerin M.
7-51-66-1
Chladkova D.
Parra Santonja A.
6-16-1
Nagyova H.
Leon Garcia G.
4-67-56-1
Loit E.
Torrens Valero C.
3-66-26-4
Serna M.
Martinez Granados C.
6-33-66-1
Schiavone F.
Yan Z.
0-66-46-3
Serra Zanetti A.
Schruff J.
6-06-4
Cervanova L.
De Los Rios R.
6-46-3
Schaul C.
Wartusch P.
6-46-786-4
Safina D.
Barna A.
6-26-2
Voracova R.
Pisnik T.
6-46-3