Dinara Safina vs Evgenia Linetskaya — Gold Coast Round of 32

Gold Coast · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
ISR
Evgenia Linetskaya
39 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Safina D.
7-6 6-0
Linetskaya E.
Safina D.
7762
Linetskaya E.
600–

Dinara Safina defeated Evgenia Linetskaya 7-6 6-0 in the Gold Coast round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Linetskaya E.

Linetskaya E.serving42% hold

wins 47% 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Safina D.Linetskaya E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
57%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
66%
46%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
43%
25%
Service points won·Clear edge
58%
37%
Return points won·Even
47%
46%
Break points saved·Dominant
55%
29%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.2
0.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.7
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 2). 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