Dinara Safina vs Magdalena Maleeva — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
Safina D.
6-4 3-6 7-5
Maleeva M.
Safina D.
6372
Maleeva M.
4651

Dinara Safina defeated Magdalena Maleeva 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 7–5.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Maleeva M.

Maleeva M.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Maleeva M.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 28). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Mauresmo A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Mauresmo A.
Dementieva E.
6-46-1
Myskina A.
Smashnova A.
6-26-0
Quarter-finals
Myskina A.
Daniilidou E.
6-36-0
Smashnova A.
Bovina E.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Schiavone F.
6-12-1
Mauresmo A.
Zvonareva V.
6-43-66-2
R16
Daniilidou E.
Pisnik T.
6-33-66-4
Mauresmo A.
Stevenson A.
3-66-46-3
Bovina E.
Capriati J.
4-66-47-63
Zvonareva V.
Dushevina V.
6-26-1
Dementieva E.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-3
Schiavone F.
Safina D.
7-57-63
Myskina A.
Serna M.
6-36-1
Smashnova A.
Kuznetsova S.
7-656-0
R32
Pisnik T.
Likhovtseva E.
6-46-3
Daniilidou E.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Weingartner M.
6-26-4
Bovina E.
Schnyder P.
6-46-2
Stevenson A.
Dokic J.
6-36-1
Dushevina V.
Raymond L.
6-27-64
Zvonareva V.
Coetzer A.
4-66-16-2
Kostanic Tosic J.
Perebiynis T.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
2-66-06-4
Safina D.
Maleeva M.
6-43-67-5
Smashnova A.
Petrova N.
6-36-3
Serna M.
Farina Elia S.
2-66-36-2