Dinara Safina vs Katarina Srebotnik — Palermo Final

Palermo · WTA · Final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 July 2003
clay
SLO
Katarina Srebotnik
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWLL
Safina D.
6-3 6-4
Srebotnik K.
Safina D.
662
Srebotnik K.
34–

Dinara Safina defeated Katarina Srebotnik 6-3 6-4 in the Palermo final on clay. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 7–1. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 8–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

7–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-02-18DohaR64hardDinara Safina6-2 6-4
2007-10-01StuttgartR32clayDinara Safina5-7 6-2 6-4
2007-04-02Amelia IslandR16clayDinara Safina6-3 6-1
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR32clayDinara Safina6-3 6-4
2006-02-13AntwerpR16hardDinara Safina6-2 6-4
2005-10-24HasseltQFhardDinara Safina4-6 6-2 7-6(9)
2003-05-12RomeR64clayDinara Safina6-1 3-6 7-5
2003-01-13Australian OpenR128hardKatarina Srebotnik3-6 6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Srebotnik K.

Srebotnik K.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Srebotnik K.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
59%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Even
3.2
2.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 180). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Srebotnik K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
40
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
74
Break points won·Clear edge
84
64
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
43
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
49

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

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