Dinara Safina vs Kaia Kanepi — Rome Round of 32

Rome · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 May 2007
clay
EST
Kaia Kanepi
41 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
Safina D.
7-6 6-2
Kanepi K.
Safina D.
7762
Kanepi K.
652–

Dinara Safina defeated Kaia Kanepi 7-6 6-2 in the Rome round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's final. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–2.

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-01-19Australian OpenR32hardDinara Safina6-2 6-2
2008-09-15TokyoQFhardDinara Safina6-4 6-7(5) 6-2
2008-05-05BerlinR32grassDinara Safina6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Kanepi K.

Kanepi K.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.Kanepi K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Even
3.2
3.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Kanepi K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
39
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
69
Break points won·Clear edge
84
70
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
57
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
15

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
25°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 60%

Draw

Final
Jankovic J.
Kuznetsova S.
7-56-1
Semi-finals
Jankovic J.
Schnyder P.
6-16-3
Kuznetsova S.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Schnyder P.
Williams S.
6-32-67-65
Jankovic J.
Dementieva E.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.
Safina D.
6-16-3
Hantuchova D.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-687-5
R16
Dementieva E.
Petrova N.
4-3
Williams S.
Peer S.
6-36-3
Jankovic J.
Bondarenko A.
6-47-5
Kuznetsova S.
Fedak Y.
7-646-1
Schnyder P.
Stosur S.
6-46-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Vierin N.
6-16-1
Hantuchova D.
Chakvetadze A.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Bondarenko K.
6-26-3
R32
Bondarenko K.
Sprem K.
6-36-4
Dementieva E.
Castano C.
6-46-3
Petrova N.
Shaughnessy M.
7-656-1
Kuznetsova S.
Santangelo M.
6-36-3
Chakvetadze A.
Yan Z.
6-16-3
Williams S.
Krajicek M.
6-46-1
Hantuchova D.
Bammer S.
6-16-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Srebotnik K.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Kanepi K.
7-656-2
Vierin N.
Voskoboeva G.
4-66-46-4
Peer S.
Sugiyama A.
6-06-2
Schnyder P.
Tu M.
6-46-0
Fedak Y.
Dechy N.
1-66-26-2
Stosur S.
Mauresmo A.
7-56-747-67
Jankovic J.
Paszek T.
6-36-4
Bondarenko A.
Garbin T.
6-46-2
R64
Kanepi K.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-36-3
Peer S.
Radwanska A.
6-02-0
Sprem K.
Daniilidou E.
3-66-46-3
Santangelo M.
Morigami A.
6-26-0
Voskoboeva G.
Brianti A.
6-26-3
Stosur S.
Schiavone F.
6-36-4
Fedak Y.
Oprandi R.
6-33-66-3
Schnyder P.
Bardina V.
6-16-2
Tu M.
Vinci R.
2-66-26-4
Shaughnessy M.
Loit E.
6-36-2
Dechy N.
Groenefeld A.
6-06-4
Srebotnik K.
Muller M.
6-46-2
Paszek T.
Pratt N.
6-716-06-2
Yan Z.
Beltrame S.
2-66-06-3
Sugiyama A.
Kirilenko M.
6-45-77-5
Krajicek M.
Puchkova O.
6-16-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Zheng J.
6-26-2
Bammer S.
Dulko G.
7-57-5
Garbin T.
Pennetta F.
6-37-63
Hantuchova D.
Rezai A.
4-66-16-2
Castano C.
Knapp K.
6-17-5
Bondarenko A.
Sun T.
6-767-56-2
Dementieva E.
Camerin M.
6-16-2
Bondarenko K.
Errani S.
4-66-36-4