Dinara Safina vs Roberta Vinci — Luxembourg Quarter-final

Luxembourg · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 September 2005
hard
ITA
Roberta Vinci
43 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWWLW
Safina D.
5-7 6-3 6-4
Vinci R.
Safina D.
5662
Vinci R.
7341

Dinara Safina defeated Roberta Vinci 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the Luxembourg quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's final. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-08-09CincinnatiR64hardDinara Safina7-5 6-4
2009-10-05BeijingR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-4
2009-08-10CincinnatiR32hardDinara Safina2-6 7-5 6-4
2008-08-25US OpenR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Vinci R.

Vinci R.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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
Safina D.Vinci R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
43%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Vinci R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
64
Break points won·Clear edge
84
72
Deciding sets·Even
79
75
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
63

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Groenefeld A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Dechy N.
6-36-1
Groenefeld A.
Safina D.
6-45-76-4
Quarter-finals
Dechy N.
Hantuchova D.
6-16-4
Clijsters K.
Schiavone F.
6-47-5
Groenefeld A.
Petrova N.
2-66-36-2
Safina D.
Vinci R.
5-76-36-4
R16
Safina D.
Gajdosova J.
6-36-1
Schiavone F.
Razzano V.
6-2
Clijsters K.
Koukalova K.
6-36-0
Groenefeld A.
Smashnova A.
6-16-2
Vinci R.
Schnyder P.
7-625-76-4
Dechy N.
Randriantefy D.
6-16-2
Hantuchova D.
Chakvetadze A.
6-46-1
Petrova N.
Peschke K.
6-36-1
R32
Gajdosova J.
Srebotnik K.
7-646-4
Groenefeld A.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-4
Smashnova A.
Farina Elia S.
6-26-0
Chakvetadze A.
Maleeva M.
7-52-66-4
Koukalova K.
Benesova I.
7-54-66-3
Razzano V.
Kloesel S.
3-67-56-4
Peschke K.
Stosur S.
6-717-56-1
Vinci R.
Krajicek M.
7-666-4
Schiavone F.
Raymond L.
6-46-3
Randriantefy D.
Tu M.
6-16-2
Hantuchova D.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-727-626-0
Safina D.
Kremer A.
7-56-2