Shuai Peng vs Dinara Safina — San Diego Round of 16

San Diego · WTA · Round of 16
CHN
Shuai Peng
40 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 August 2005
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Peng S.
7-6 6-0
Safina D.
Peng S.
7762
Safina D.
620–

Shuai Peng defeated Dinara Safina 7-6 6-0 in the San Diego round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Shuai Peng claimed a first win over Dinara Safina in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-08-10CincinnatiR16hardDinara Safina6-3 6-4
2009-03-09Indian WellsR32hardDinara Safina7-5 6-4
2008-07-21Los AngelesR32hardDinara Safina6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Peng S.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Peng S.

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
Peng S.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
47%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.2
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Peng S.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
37
72
Break points saved·Dominant
52
79
Break points won·Slight edge
74
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
41
79
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
67
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

Draw

Final
Pierce M.
Sugiyama A.
6-06-3
Semi-finals
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
6-44-3
Pierce M.
Peng S.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Karatantcheva S.
6-16-2
Morigami A.
Chakvetadze A.
6-36-4
Pierce M.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
Peng S.
Clijsters K.
6-46-4
R16
Karatantcheva S.
Washington M.
6-16-2
Clijsters K.
Jankovic J.
6-16-3
Schnyder P.
Schiavone F.
6-716-16-4
Pierce M.
Dechy N.
7-56-3
Peng S.
Safina D.
7-626-0
Chakvetadze A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-1
Morigami A.
Mirza S.
6-24-66-4
Sugiyama A.
Kuznetsova S.
2-66-46-3
R32
Mirza S.
Petrova N.
6-26-1
Morigami A.
Pennetta F.
6-17-5
Chakvetadze A.
Benesova I.
6-46-3
Pierce M.
Groenefeld A.
6-16-1
Dechy N.
Dulko G.
4-67-57-63
Jankovic J.
Sromova H.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Jidkova A.
0-66-16-0
Kuznetsova S.
Koukalova K.
7-56-3
Sugiyama A.
Hantuchova D.
7-54-66-2
Karatantcheva S.
Raymond L.
7-666-4
Washington M.
Zvonareva V.
6-44-66-4
Peng S.
Dementieva E.
7-56-4
Likhovtseva E.
Peer S.
0-66-26-4
Schiavone F.
Rodionova A.
6-26-2
Schnyder P.
Peschke K.
6-46-726-1
Clijsters K.
Domachowska M.
6-36-1
R64
Koukalova K.
Linetskaya E.
7-655-76-1
Peng S.
Salerni M.
7-56-1
Raymond L.
Bartoli M.
1-66-06-3
Peer S.
Randriantefy D.
2-66-36-4
Washington M.
Sprem K.
2-67-616-1
Sugiyama A.
Shaughnessy M.
3-0
Sromova H.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-47-5
Domachowska M.
Granville L.
3-66-07-69
Peschke K.
Craybas J.
0-66-17-62
Rodionova A.
Stosur S.
6-36-2
Pennetta F.
Irvin M.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Spears A.
6-36-2
Dechy N.
Brandi K.
6-26-2
Chakvetadze A.
Golovin T.
6-46-4
Dulko G.
Obata S.
7-631-66-3
Groenefeld A.
Daniilidou E.
7-656-4
Benesova I.
Zuluaga F.
6-23-67-5
Mirza S.
Garbin T.
6-26-2
Jidkova A.
Nakamura A.
6-26-2
Hantuchova D.
Kirilenko M.
7-656-1
Karatantcheva S.
Asagoe S.
6-10-67-5
Morigami A.
Matevzic M.
6-16-0
Safina D.
Martinez C.
7-6116-4
Jankovic J.
Frazier A.
7-56-0