Dinara Safina vs Claudine Schaul — Palermo Round of 16

Palermo · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 July 2003
clay
LUX
Claudine Schaul
42 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
Safina D.
7-5 6-4
Schaul C.
Safina D.
762
Schaul C.
54–

Dinara Safina defeated Claudine Schaul 7-5 6-4 in the Palermo round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-04-25EstorilR32clayDinara Safina6-2 6-1
2003-08-25US OpenR32hardDinara Safina6-4 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Schaul C.

Schaul C.serving44% hold

wins 48% 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. About

Statistics

This season
Safina D.Schaul C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
40%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
50%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.7
4.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 13). 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