Dinara Safina vs Mara SantangeloRome Round of 64

Rome · WTA · Round of 64
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 May 2004
clay
45 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Safina D.
6-3 6-2
Santangelo M.
Safina D.
662
Santangelo M.
32

Dinara Safina defeated Mara Santangelo 6-3 6-2 in the Rome round of 64 on clay. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 32. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

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DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-08-11OlympicsR64hardDinara Safina6-3 7-6(1)
2006-10-02StuttgartR32clayDinara Safina6-1 5-7 7-6(9)

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Santangelo M.

Santangelo M.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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
1st serve in·Even
64%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
40%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Even
3.2
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
4.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 101). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
38
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
67
Break points won·Dominant
84
57
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
47
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
57

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
17°CPartly cloudy
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 58%

Draw