Dinara Safina vs Samantha Stosur — Gold Coast Quarter-final

Gold Coast · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Thursday, 4 January 2007 ·
hard
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Safina D.
7-6 6-3
Stosur S.
Safina D.
7762
Stosur S.
6430

Dinara Safina defeated Samantha Stosur 7-6 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 3–1, defending last year's semi-final. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-03-07Indian WellsR32hardDinara Safina7-6 6-4
2009-03-23MiamiR32hardSamantha Stosur6-1 6-4
2006-03-06Indian WellsR64hardDinara Safina6-3 6-2
2005-10-10MoscowR16hardDinara Safina4-6 7-6 6-4

Statistics

This season
Safina D.Stosur S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
41%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
4.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Stosur S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
65
44
Break points saved·Even
38
40
Break points won·Clear edge
88
66
Deciding sets·Clear edge
83
63
Tiebreaks·Dominant
78
47

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

Draw