Anastasia Myskina vs Dinara Safina — Filderstadt Round of 16

Filderstadt · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 3 October 2005
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Myskina A.
7-6 6-7 7-5
Safina D.
Myskina A.
786372
Safina D.
667751

Anastasia Myskina defeated Dinara Safina 7-6 6-7 7-5 in the Filderstadt round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Anastasia Myskina came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's semi-final. Anastasia Myskina extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-03-06Indian WellsR16hardDinara Safina6-1 6-3
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayAnastasia Myskina6-2 6-2
2003-02-17DubaiR32hardAnastasia Myskina6-4 6-3
2003-02-10DohaQFhardAnastasia Myskina6-2 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Myskina A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Myskina A.

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
Myskina A.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
60%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
59%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
48%
47%
Break points saved·Even
54%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.6
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.3
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (49 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Myskina A.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
45
72
Break points saved·Clear edge
66
79
Break points won·Clear edge
63
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
58
79
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
57
77

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

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Mauresmo A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Mauresmo A.
Dementieva E.
6-36-4
Davenport L.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Mauresmo A.
Petrova N.
2-66-26-4
Dementieva E.
Clijsters K.
6-33-66-2
Hantuchova D.
Pennetta F.
6-36-4
Davenport L.
Myskina A.
6-23-66-1
R16
Mauresmo A.
Jankovic J.
6-0
Davenport L.
Schiavone F.
6-26-2
Petrova N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-16-1
Dementieva E.
Dechy N.
5-76-36-4
Pennetta F.
Henin J.
6-46-3
Hantuchova D.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
Myskina A.
Safina D.
7-666-737-5
Clijsters K.
Sprem K.
6-36-2
R32
Dementieva E.
Ondraskova Z.
6-26-4
Myskina A.
Gehrlein S.
6-16-4
Pennetta F.
Schruff J.
7-56-2
Hantuchova D.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-0
Schnyder P.
Ivanovic A.
6-16-2
Petrova N.
Groenefeld A.
6-36-2
Likhovtseva E.
Farina Elia S.
4-67-56-3
Jankovic J.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-2
Dechy N.
Molik A.
6-36-3
Schiavone F.
Chakvetadze A.
6-36-3
Safina D.
Kloesel S.
6-26-2
Sprem K.
Daniilidou E.
6-33-67-5