Lucie Safarova vs Dinara Safina — Gold Coast Semi-final

Gold Coast · WTA · Semi-final
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Safarova L.
6-4 6-2
Safina D.
Safarova L.
662
Safina D.
42–

Lucie Safarova defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 6-2 in the Gold Coast semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in defending last year's round of 16. Lucie Safarova extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-02-28Kuala LumpurR16hardLucie Safarova6-3 4-6 6-3
2009-05-11MadridR16clayDinara Safina6-0 4-6 6-3
2007-05-07BerlinR16grassDinara Safina3-6 6-3 6-2
2005-06-13s HertogenboschQFgrassLucie Safarova6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safarova L.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Even serve battle

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
Safarova L.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
63%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
43%
Service points won·Even
62%
58%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
47%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.1
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
5.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safarova L.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
44
72
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
79
Break points won·Dominant
50
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
47
78
Tiebreaks·Dominant
50
77

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