Dinara Safina vs Iveta Benesova — Gold Coast Round of 16

Gold Coast · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
CZE
Iveta Benesova
43 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Safina D.
6-0 6-1
Benesova I.
Safina D.
662
Benesova I.
01–

Dinara Safina defeated Iveta Benesova 6-0 6-1 in the Gold Coast round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-05-09PragueQFclayDinara Safina6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving80% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Benesova I.

Benesova I.serving53% hold

wins 51% 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.Benesova I.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
51%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
45%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
0.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Safarova L.
Pennetta F.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Pennetta F.
Hingis M.
1-67-626-2
Safarova L.
Safina D.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Safina D.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-16-3
Hingis M.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-24-66-0
Pennetta F.
Golovin T.
6-25-76-3
Safarova L.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
R16
Schnyder P.
Haynes A.
6-36-0
Safarova L.
Gajdosova J.
4-67-56-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Hingis M.
Koukalova K.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Benesova I.
6-06-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Nakamura A.
6-46-4
Golovin T.
Bammer S.
6-16-3
Pennetta F.
Li N.
6-26-2
R32
Li N.
Vinci R.
6-46-0
Hingis M.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Schiavone F.
Yuan M.
6-26-3
Haynes A.
Sprem K.
2-66-07-5
Gajdosova J.
Garbin T.
5-76-46-2
Safarova L.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-2
Safina D.
Linetskaya E.
7-606-0
Benesova I.
Ferguson S.
7-56-2
Nakamura A.
Serra Zanetti A.
2-66-46-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Rolle A.
6-36-3
Golovin T.
Pratt N.
7-56-2
Bammer S.
Bohmova K.
6-36-1
Pennetta F.
Bychkova E.
6-26-4
Schnyder P.
Razzano V.
6-37-62
Koukalova K.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Sun T.
2-66-26-4