Dinara Safina vs Samantha Stosur — Moscow Round of 16

Moscow · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2005
hard
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Safina D.
4-6 7-6 6-4
Stosur S.
Safina D.
47762
Stosur S.
66541

Dinara Safina defeated Samantha Stosur 4-6 7-6 6-4 in the Moscow round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 16. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-03-07Indian WellsR32hardDinara Safina7-6(2) 6-4
2009-03-23MiamiR32hardSamantha Stosur6-1 6-4
2006-03-06Indian WellsR64hardDinara Safina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Stosur S.serving67% hold

wins 57% 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.Stosur S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
41%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
4.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Stosur S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
45
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
85
Break points won·Clear edge
84
61
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
45
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
47

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