Dinara Safina vs Anna Chakvetadze — 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, 11 October 2004
hard
RUS
Anna Chakvetadze
39 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLW
Safina D.
6-4 1-6 6-3
Chakvetadze A.
Safina D.
6162
Chakvetadze A.
4631

Dinara Safina defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in defending last year's round of 16. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in three sets, 6–4 1–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-02-25DubaiR16hardAnna Chakvetadze6-7(3) 6-4 6-3
2007-10-08MoscowR16hardDinara Safina7-6(6) 6-2
2006-10-09MoscowR32hardAnna Chakvetadze6-1 6-2
2006-02-06ParisR32carpetDinara Safina6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Chakvetadze A.

Chakvetadze A.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.Chakvetadze A.
1st serve in·Even
64%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
46%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Even
3.2
2.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.7
4.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Chakvetadze A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
55
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
72
Break points won·Slight edge
84
78
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
66
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
49

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Dementieva E.
7-56-0
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Bovina E.
6-47-5
Myskina A.
Davenport L.
6-47-61
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Kuznetsova S.
6-16-3
Davenport L.
Schiavone F.
6-46-1
Myskina A.
Zvonareva V.
4-66-07-5
Bovina E.
Williams V.
6-36-2
R16
Myskina A.
Likhovtseva E.
2-66-16-0
Bovina E.
Schaul C.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Pastikova M.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Safina D.
6-46-2
Williams V.
Dushevina V.
6-06-4
Dementieva E.
Mamic S.
6-36-3
Schiavone F.
Petrova N.
0-66-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Sprem K.
4-66-26-3
R32
Zvonareva V.
Dechy N.
6-06-2
Sprem K.
Smashnova A.
6-16-3
Dementieva E.
Schnyder P.
6-26-3
Likhovtseva E.
Zuluaga F.
6-16-2
Petrova N.
Suarez P.
7-56-4
Schiavone F.
Farina Elia S.
6-756-27-5
Safina D.
Chakvetadze A.
6-41-66-3
Bovina E.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-3
Dushevina V.
Maleeva M.
5-76-46-4
Williams V.
Jidkova A.
6-46-4
Pastikova M.
Sugiyama A.
6-27-5
Mamic S.
Pierce M.
6-06-4