Dinara Safina vs Anabel Medina Garrigues — Gold Coast Quarter-final

Gold Coast · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
ESP
Anabel Medina Garrigues
43 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLL
Safina D.
6-1 6-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Safina D.
662
Medina Garrigues A.
13–

Dinara Safina defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1 6-3 in the Gold Coast quarter-final 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
2004-10-25LuxembourgSFhardDinara Safina4-6 6-1 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Medina Garrigues A.

Medina Garrigues A.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Medina Garrigues A.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
1.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Medina Garrigues A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
26
Break points saved·Dominant
79
48
Break points won·Slight edge
84
75
Deciding sets·Dominant
78
22
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
60

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

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