Dinara Safina vs Anastasia Myskina — Indian Wells Round of 16

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 March 2006
hard
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWW
Safina D.
6-1 6-3
Myskina A.
Safina D.
662
Myskina A.
13–

Dinara Safina defeated Anastasia Myskina 6-1 6-3 in the Indian Wells round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anastasia Myskina came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Dinara Safina claimed a first win over Anastasia Myskina in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-10-03FilderstadtR16hardAnastasia Myskina7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-5
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayAnastasia Myskina6-2 6-2
2003-02-17DubaiR32hardAnastasia Myskina6-4 6-3
2003-02-10DohaQFhardAnastasia Myskina6-2 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Myskina A.

Myskina A.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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.Myskina A.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 34). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Myskina A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
45
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
66
Break points won·Clear edge
84
63
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
58
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
57

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
18°COvercast
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 37%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Dementieva E.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Sharapova M.
Hingis M.
6-36-3
Dementieva E.
Henin J.
2-67-57-5
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Ivanovic A.
2-66-46-2
Hingis M.
Safina D.
6-36-4
Henin J.
Dulko G.
6-36-2
Sharapova M.
Groenefeld A.
6-16-3
R16
Hingis M.
Davenport L.
6-31-66-2
Dementieva E.
Li N.
6-36-2
Dulko G.
Laine E.
7-57-63
Ivanovic A.
Chakvetadze A.
6-36-3
Henin J.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-1
Groenefeld A.
Ani M.
6-16-4
Sharapova M.
Peer S.
7-626-1
Safina D.
Myskina A.
6-16-3
R32
Laine E.
Pennetta F.
1-0
Groenefeld A.
Smashnova A.
2-66-16-2
Ivanovic A.
Perry S.
6-16-3
Davenport L.
Granville L.
6-46-0
Hingis M.
Bammer S.
6-06-3
Sharapova M.
Raymond L.
6-46-0
Dulko G.
Golovin T.
1-67-57-66
Sugiyama A.
Safarova L.
6-37-5
Henin J.
Nakamura A.
6-06-0
Peer S.
Daniilidou E.
4-67-647-5
Myskina A.
Domachowska M.
7-56-3
Ani M.
Bartoli M.
7-646-2
Dementieva E.
Mirza S.
5-76-46-4
Li N.
King V.
6-26-4
Safina D.
Yuan M.
6-36-1
Chakvetadze A.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-3
R64
Golovin T.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-0
Laine E.
Craybas J.
7-56-1
Safarova L.
Kirkland J.
6-767-626-1
Safina D.
Stosur S.
6-36-2
Yuan M.
Castano C.
7-656-2
Domachowska M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-43-66-2
Myskina A.
Washington M.
6-26-2
Sharapova M.
Jackson J.
6-46-3
Raymond L.
Loit E.
6-756-46-4
Peer S.
Gagliardi E.
6-36-746-2
Daniilidou E.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-4
Ani M.
Dechy N.
2-66-26-2
Bartoli M.
Bychkova E.
6-33-66-3
Smashnova A.
Sucha M.
6-26-2
Groenefeld A.
Schruff J.
6-16-0
Ivanovic A.
Beltrame S.
6-36-2
Perry S.
Frazier A.
7-616-3
Kirilenko M.
Asagoe S.
6-26-1
King V.
Koukalova K.
6-36-3
Li N.
Benesova I.
6-06-1
Mirza S.
Mattek Sands B.
6-23-67-5
Dementieva E.
Yakimova A.
6-43-66-3
Bammer S.
Jankovic J.
7-56-4
Pennetta F.
Lisjak I.
6-16-2
Dulko G.
Cohen Aloro S.
7-636-1
Sugiyama A.
Foretz Gacon S.
7-56-0
Hingis M.
Pin C.
6-16-3
Granville L.
Garbin T.
6-16-2
Davenport L.
Harkleroad A.
6-06-0
Chakvetadze A.
Kutuzova V.
6-47-5
Nakamura A.
Santangelo M.
6-37-5
Henin J.
Pironkova T.
6-26-2
R128
Dominguez Lino L.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-41-66-1
Li N.
Kremer A.
6-16-3
King V.
Rodionova A.
6-36-1
Beltrame S.
Ondraskova Z.
6-26-2
Asagoe S.
Sprem K.
6-44-66-3
Kutuzova V.
Vesnina E.
6-26-3
Perry S.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-26-1
Lisjak I.
Stevenson A.
7-616-2
Yakimova A.
Poutchek T.
6-06-2
Mattek Sands B.
Pratt N.
6-766-46-3
Cohen Aloro S.
Parra Santonja A.
6-16-2
Foretz Gacon S.
Peng S.
3-66-36-3
Garbin T.
Bondarenko A.
6-37-5
Laine E.
Sromova H.
7-57-5
Pin C.
Obata S.
6-26-2
Bammer S.
Zheng J.
6-13-66-4
Stosur S.
Fedak Y.
3-66-36-0
Kirkland J.
Kloesel S.
4-67-617-63
Yuan M.
Morigami A.
6-46-4
Shaughnessy M.
Kanepi K.
7-646-1
Washington M.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-33-66-3
Jackson J.
Tatishvili A.
6-26-3
Raymond L.
Bohmova K.
2-66-47-65
Gagliardi E.
Brandi K.
6-46-4
Daniilidou E.
Camerin M.
6-22-66-3
Ani M.
Serra Zanetti A.
3-66-26-0
Bychkova E.
Nagyova H.
6-36-0
Nakamura A.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
6-46-2
Sucha M.
Glatch A.
6-06-1
Schruff J.
Sun T.
6-46-3
Harkleroad A.
Yan Z.
6-37-5
Pironkova T.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-46-3