Dinara Safina vs Vera Zvonareva — Moscow Quarter-final

Moscow · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 October 2007
hard
Vera Zvonareva
RUS
Vera Zvonareva
1693ELO
1659Hard ELO
41 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
Safina D.
6-2 3-6 6-3
Zvonareva V.
Safina D.
6362
Zvonareva V.
2631

Dinara Safina defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the Moscow quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vera Zvonareva came in leading the head-to-head 6–5, defending last year's quarter-final. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 6–6.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

5–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-03-21MiamiR64hardVera Zvonareva3-6 6-3 6-2
2010-10-04BeijingR64hardVera Zvonareva6-4 7-6(6)
2009-01-19Australian OpenSFhardDinara Safina6-3 7-6(4)
2008-10-06MoscowSFhardVera Zvonareva6-2 7-6(5)
2008-03-24MiamiQFhardVera Zvonareva7-5 6-4
2008-02-18DohaR16hardVera Zvonareva7-5 6-3
2007-04-09CharlestonSFclayDinara Safina6-3 0-1 RET
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayDinara Safina6-3 7-5
2006-04-10CharlestonR32clayDinara Safina7-5 7-5
2004-05-10RomeR32clayVera Zvonareva1-6 6-4 6-2
2002-07-21SopotSFclayDinara Safina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Zvonareva V.

Zvonareva V.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Safina D.

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
Safina D.Zvonareva V.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
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 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Zvonareva V.
Clutch Rating·Even
72
76
Break points saved·Even
79
79
Break points won·Slight edge
84
94
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
92
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
51

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
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
5-76-16-1
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
6-16-0
Williams S.
Kuznetsova S.
7-626-1
Quarter-finals
Safina D.
Zvonareva V.
6-23-66-3
Dementieva E.
Azarenka V.
7-646-2
Kuznetsova S.
Dushevina V.
6-26-2
Williams S.
Vaidisova N.
6-47-67
R16
Zvonareva V.
Radwanska A.
6-26-2
Dementieva E.
Schnyder P.
6-36-4
Vaidisova N.
Vesnina E.
6-36-4
Williams S.
Perebiynis T.
7-56-4
Dushevina V.
Bartoli M.
2-66-06-4
Kuznetsova S.
Dulko G.
3-66-26-4
Azarenka V.
Sharapova M.
7-696-2
Safina D.
Chakvetadze A.
7-666-2
R32
Dulko G.
Mirza S.
6-36-4
Perebiynis T.
Krajicek M.
6-41-67-5
Bartoli M.
Bondarenko A.
6-27-5
Dushevina V.
Daniilidou E.
7-56-1
Vesnina E.
Gagliardi E.
6-26-4
Safina D.
Muller M.
6-16-3
Schnyder P.
Loit E.
6-46-1
Dementieva E.
Molik A.
6-24-66-3
Azarenka V.
Bammer S.
6-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Mauresmo A.
4-66-36-4
Vaidisova N.
Shvedova Y.
7-636-3
Radwanska A.
Kirilenko M.
6-44-66-1