Vera Zvonareva vs Dinara SafinaMiami Quarter-final

Miami · WTA · Quarter-final
1693ELO
1659Hard ELO
41 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 March 2008
hard
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Zvonareva V.
7-5 6-4
Safina D.
Zvonareva V.
762
Safina D.
54

Vera Zvonareva defeated Dinara Safina 7-5 6-4 in the Miami quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 6–5, defending last year's round of 16. Vera Zvonareva narrowed the head-to-head to 6–6.

Key context

Head to head

56
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)
2008-02-18DohaR16hardVera Zvonareva7-5 6-3
2007-10-08MoscowQFhardDinara Safina6-2 3-6 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
Zvonareva V.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Zvonareva V.

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
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
47%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.5
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 174). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Even
76
72
Break points saved·Even
79
79
Break points won·Slight edge
94
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
92
78
Tiebreaks·Dominant
52
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
24°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 74%

Draw