Anna Chakvetadze vs Dinara Safina — Dubai Round of 16

Dubai · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Anna Chakvetadze
39 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2008
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Chakvetadze A.
6-7 6-4 6-3
Safina D.
Chakvetadze A.
63662
Safina D.
77431

Anna Chakvetadze defeated Dinara Safina 6-7 6-4 6-3 in the Dubai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Anna Chakvetadze narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-10-08MoscowR16hardDinara Safina7-6(6) 6-2
2006-10-09MoscowR32hardAnna Chakvetadze6-1 6-2
2006-02-06ParisR32carpetDinara Safina6-2 6-1
2004-10-11MoscowR32hardDinara Safina6-4 1-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Chakvetadze A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Chakvetadze A.

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
Chakvetadze A.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
60%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
46%
47%
Break points saved·Even
53%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.5
2.9
Double faults / match·Even
5.5
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (128 vs 175). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Chakvetadze A.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
55
72
Break points saved·Slight edge
72
79
Break points won·Slight edge
78
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
66
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
49
77

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 37%

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Kuznetsova S.
4-66-36-2
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Schiavone F.
5-77-56-2
Kuznetsova S.
Jankovic J.
5-76-46-3
Quarter-finals
Schiavone F.
Henin J.
7-637-64
Jankovic J.
Chakvetadze A.
6-10-0
Kuznetsova S.
Mauresmo A.
6-17-64
Dementieva E.
Ivanovic A.
5-76-36-3
R16
Dementieva E.
Bondarenko A.
6-26-1
Ivanovic A.
Vaidisova N.
6-46-0
Chakvetadze A.
Safina D.
6-736-46-3
Henin J.
Srebotnik K.
7-56-766-3
Schiavone F.
Bammer S.
6-36-2
Mauresmo A.
Morigami A.
4-66-16-4
Jankovic J.
Mirza S.
4-66-36-4
Kuznetsova S.
Safarova L.
6-16-2
R32
Mauresmo A.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-676-2
Morigami A.
Szavay A.
6-16-4
Safarova L.
Sugiyama A.
1-66-36-2
Srebotnik K.
Petrova N.
6-46-4
Bammer S.
Makarova K.
7-666-3
Schiavone F.
Bartoli M.
6-16-756-1
Vaidisova N.
Nakamura A.
6-36-0
Bondarenko A.
Kirilenko M.
3-66-36-2
Mirza S.
Dushevina V.
7-656-2
Safina D.
Sfar S.
6-16-3
Chakvetadze A.
Radwanska A.
6-22-66-4
Dementieva E.
Schnyder P.
7-56-0