Eleni Daniilidou vs Dinara Safina — New Haven Quarter-final

New Haven · WTA · Quarter-final
GRE
Eleni Daniilidou
43 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 August 2007
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Daniilidou E.
1-6 7-6 6-2
Safina D.
Daniilidou E.
171062
Safina D.
66821

Eleni Daniilidou defeated Dinara Safina 1-6 7-6 6-2 in the New Haven quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Eleni Daniilidou narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-04-09CharlestonR32clayDinara Safina6-3 6-4
2006-06-19's-HertogenboschSFgrassDinara Safina6-3 3-6 6-4
2006-03-20MiamiR64hardEleni Daniilidou6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Daniilidou E.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Daniilidou E.

Serve advantage — Safina D.

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
Daniilidou E.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
67%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
38%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
58%
Return points won·Even
43%
47%
Break points saved·Slight edge
50%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.0
3.2
Double faults / match·Even
6.0
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (132 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Daniilidou E.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
30
72
Break points saved·Dominant
42
79
Break points won·Dominant
52
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
52
79
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
68
77

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kuznetsova S.
Szavay A.
4-63-0
Semi-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Dementieva E.
4-66-33-0
Szavay A.
Daniilidou E.
4-66-17-5
Quarter-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Schiavone F.
6-20-0
Daniilidou E.
Safina D.
1-67-686-2
Szavay A.
Bondarenko A.
6-16-4
Dementieva E.
Bartoli M.
6-46-2
R16
Schiavone F.
Loit E.
6-16-4
Bartoli M.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-06-4
Daniilidou E.
Bammer S.
1-67-56-2
Bondarenko A.
Mirza S.
6-30-66-3
Safina D.
King V.
6-16-3
Dementieva E.
Harkleroad A.
6-17-66
Szavay A.
Hantuchova D.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Radwanska A.
4-66-16-4
R32
Daniilidou E.
Muller M.
6-47-64
Bammer S.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-2
Dementieva E.
Santangelo M.
6-23-66-0
Harkleroad A.
Poutchek T.
6-16-0
Ruano Pascual V.
Puchkova O.
7-646-1
Mirza S.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-3
Schiavone F.
Schnyder P.
7-652-66-4
Loit E.
Cibulkova D.
6-07-5
Radwanska A.
Sugiyama A.
7-653-66-4
Szavay A.
Stosur S.
6-26-4
King V.
Garbin T.
6-46-4
Bondarenko A.
Govortsova O.
6-37-62