Dinara Safina vs Maria Sharapova — Moscow Quarter-final

Moscow · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2005
hard
RUS
Maria Sharapova
39 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWL
Safina D.
1-6 6-4 7-5
Sharapova M.
Safina D.
1672
Sharapova M.
6451

Dinara Safina defeated Maria Sharapova 1-6 6-4 7-5 in the Moscow quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Maria Sharapova came in leading the head-to-head 4–2. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-03-07Indian WellsR16hardMaria Sharapova6-2 6-0
2008-05-26Roland GarrosR16clayDinara Safina6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2
2006-08-07Los AngelesQFhardMaria Sharapova6-2 6-4
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR16clayDinara Safina7-5 2-6 7-5
2005-03-09Indian WellsR32hardMaria Sharapova6-2 6-3
2004-05-03BerlinR64grassMaria Sharapova6-1 1-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Sharapova M.

Sharapova M.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Sharapova M.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
60%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
4.2
Double faults / match·Even
5.7
5.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Sharapova M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
87
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
89
Break points won·Slight edge
84
94
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
97
Tiebreaks·Even
77
73

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
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