Dinara Safina vs Zi Yan — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 February 2008
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Safina D.
6-2 6-1
Yan Z.
Safina D.
662
Yan Z.
21–

Dinara Safina defeated Zi Yan 6-2 6-1 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-09-20BeijingR32hardDinara Safina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

Yan Z.serving53% hold

wins 51% 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.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
52%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 36%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Zvonareva V.
6-12-66-0
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Li N.
3-66-36-3
Sharapova M.
Radwanska A.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Radwanska A.
Cibulkova D.
6-46-716-4
Li N.
Jankovic J.
6-36-4
Sharapova M.
Wozniacki C.
6-06-1
Zvonareva V.
Bammer S.
2-66-26-0
R16
Radwanska A.
Ivanovic A.
W/O
Sharapova M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Medina Garrigues A.
3-67-636-3
Li N.
Peer S.
6-16-3
Jankovic J.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-2
Zvonareva V.
Safina D.
7-56-3
Bammer S.
Kuznetsova S.
6-37-68
Cibulkova D.
Williams V.
6-36-3
R32
Medina Garrigues A.
Kirilenko M.
2-67-56-1
Tanasugarn T.
Mauresmo A.
7-677-5
Sharapova M.
Voskoboeva G.
6-44-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
2-66-36-4
Williams V.
Knapp K.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Yan Z.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.
Dechy N.
7-57-5
Cibulkova D.
Schnyder P.
6-36-4
Radwanska A.
Garbin T.
6-36-3
Ivanovic A.
Govortsova O.
6-36-1
Jankovic J.
Shvedova Y.
6-13-66-3
Bammer S.
Niculescu M.
3-67-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Morita A.
4-66-46-0
Peer S.
Razzano V.
6-17-63
Li N.
Chakvetadze A.
7-676-4
Wozniacki C.
Bartoli M.
6-26-3
R64
Medina Garrigues A.
Petrova N.
6-21-2
Knapp K.
Goerges J.
6-16-4
Cibulkova D.
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Paszek T.
6-46-0
Radwanska A.
Morigami A.
7-56-0
Garbin T.
Radwanska U.
6-27-5
Govortsova O.
Mirza S.
4-67-653-2
Li N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-10-66-4
Peer S.
Klepac A.
6-36-4
Sugiyama A.
Szavay A.
7-636-0
Morita A.
Vesnina E.
6-36-4
Shvedova Y.
Zheng J.
6-44-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Rodionova A.
6-06-3
Yan Z.
Dushevina V.
6-24-66-2
Safina D.
Srebotnik K.
6-26-4
Bammer S.
Nakamura A.
6-16-3
Niculescu M.
Ditty J.
6-16-4
Dechy N.
Peng S.
1-66-46-1
Wozniacki C.
Chan Y.
3-66-26-3
Kirilenko M.
Makarova K.
6-35-76-0
Mauresmo A.
Lisicki S.
7-626-3
Tanasugarn T.
Kerber A.
7-636-4
Voskoboeva G.
Daniilidou E.
6-17-66
Razzano V.
Sun T.
6-757-626-3