Serena Williams vs Dinara Safina — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 September 2004
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Williams S.
6-4 3-6 6-3
Safina D.
Williams S.
6362
Safina D.
4631

Serena Williams defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 5–1. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 6–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Serena Williams closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

5–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-01-19Australian OpenFhardSerena Williams6-0 6-3
2008-11-03WTA Tour ChampionshipsRRcarpetSerena Williams6-4 6-1
2008-08-25US OpenSFhardSerena Williams6-3 6-2
2008-05-05BerlinQFgrassDinara Safina2-6 6-1 7-6(5)
2007-05-28Roland GarrosR16claySerena Williams6-2 6-3
2002-08-26US OpenR64hardSerena Williams6-0 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

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
Williams S.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
60%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
95
72
Break points saved·Clear edge
94
79
Break points won·Clear edge
96
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
98
79
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
95
77

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
22°CClear
Wind 24 km/hHumidity 28%

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Kuznetsova S.
4-67-56-4
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Zvonareva V.
6-26-3
Kuznetsova S.
Sharapova M.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Williams S.
Petrova N.
6-24-1
Zvonareva V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-3
Kuznetsova S.
Dulko G.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Jankovic J.
5-2
R16
Dulko G.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-46-4
Zvonareva V.
Gagliardi E.
6-26-3
Petrova N.
Mamic S.
6-36-3
Williams S.
Safina D.
6-43-66-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-46-4
Sharapova M.
Panova T.
6-16-1
Jankovic J.
Dushevina V.
6-16-3
Kuznetsova S.
Li N.
6-36-767-63
R32
Tanasugarn T.
Dokic J.
6-36-0
Gagliardi E.
Brandi K.
2-66-46-3
Safina D.
Yan Z.
6-36-2
Petrova N.
Zheng J.
6-26-2
Mamic S.
Sun T.
6-46-2
Jankovic J.
Asagoe S.
4-66-27-65
Dushevina V.
Barna A.
2-66-26-3
Li N.
Pratt N.
6-36-2
Vento Kabchi M.
Pennetta F.
7-656-4
Panova T.
Pisnik T.
6-0
Dulko G.
Kapros A.
6-46-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Obata S.
7-56-1