Mary Pierce vs Dinara Safina — Moscow Semi-final

Moscow · WTA · Semi-final
FRA
Mary Pierce
51 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2005
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Pierce M.
7-6 6-3
Safina D.
Pierce M.
7762
Safina D.
623–

Mary Pierce defeated Dinara Safina 7-6 6-3 in the Moscow semi-final on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Mary Pierce closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Pierce M.serving75% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Pierce M.

Even serve battle

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
Pierce M.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
68%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
50%
43%
Service points won·Even
62%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
47%
Break points saved·Even
58%
55%
Aces / match·Even
3.3
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (43 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Pierce M.
Schiavone F.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Pierce M.
Safina D.
7-626-3
Schiavone F.
Dementieva E.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Schiavone F.
Kuznetsova S.
6-36-1
Pierce M.
Likhovtseva E.
7-54-67-66
Safina D.
Sharapova M.
1-66-47-5
Dementieva E.
Myskina A.
6-26-3
R16
Dementieva E.
Karatantcheva S.
6-06-1
Sharapova M.
Groenefeld A.
1-62-4
Kuznetsova S.
Zvonareva V.
3-67-56-2
Myskina A.
Peschke K.
6-04-66-3
Pierce M.
Pennetta F.
4-66-26-3
Likhovtseva E.
Schnyder P.
1-66-46-3
Safina D.
Stosur S.
4-67-656-4
Schiavone F.
Mauresmo A.
6-16-1
R32
Kuznetsova S.
Gagliardi E.
6-06-4
Zvonareva V.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-3
Schiavone F.
Benesova I.
6-36-2
Likhovtseva E.
Dushevina V.
3-66-27-5
Groenefeld A.
Razzano V.
3-67-56-1
Safina D.
Farina Elia S.
6-17-5
Stosur S.
Molik A.
6-36-2
Pennetta F.
Dechy N.
6-37-5
Schnyder P.
Chakvetadze A.
2-66-27-5
Myskina A.
Maleeva M.
2-66-46-2
Peschke K.
Linetskaya E.
6-26-2
Karatantcheva S.
Jankovic J.
6-26-1