Dinara Safina vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez — Olympics Round of 32

Olympics · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008
hard
ESP
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
43 yrs · 176 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWLLLW
Safina D.
7-6 6-1
Martinez Sanchez M.
Safina D.
7762
Martinez Sanchez M.
631–

Dinara Safina defeated Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 7-6 6-1 in the Olympics 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

  • Match story: Dinara Safina came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-05-04RomeQFclayDinara Safina4-6 6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Martinez Sanchez M.

Martinez Sanchez M.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.Martinez Sanchez M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
55%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
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·Even
2.9
3.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (175 vs 155). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Martinez Sanchez M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
43
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
71
Break points won·Clear edge
84
67
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
42
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
65

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
3-67-56-3
Bronze
Zvonareva V.
Li N.
6-07-5
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Zvonareva V.
6-37-63
Safina D.
Li N.
7-637-5
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
3-66-46-3
Zvonareva V.
Bammer S.
6-33-66-3
Li N.
Williams V.
7-57-5
Safina D.
Jankovic J.
6-25-76-3
R16
Bammer S.
Safarova L.
7-56-4
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
7-646-4
Williams S.
Cornet A.
3-66-36-4
Li N.
Kanepi K.
4-66-26-0
Williams V.
Azarenka V.
6-36-2
Dementieva E.
Wozniacki C.
7-636-2
Jankovic J.
Cibulkova D.
7-56-1
Safina D.
Zheng J.
6-46-3
R32
Safina D.
Martinez Sanchez M.
7-636-1
Dementieva E.
Arvidsson S.
6-36-4
Williams V.
Benesova I.
6-16-4
Azarenka V.
Dellacqua C.
6-26-2
Bammer S.
Schnyder P.
6-46-4
Zvonareva V.
Peer S.
6-37-64
Kanepi K.
Razzano V.
6-47-5
Li N.
Morita A.
6-27-5
Zheng J.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-776-16-4
Jankovic J.
Bondarenko A.
7-56-1
Cibulkova D.
Pironkova T.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Radwanska A.
6-37-66
Williams S.
Stosur S.
6-26-0
Safarova L.
Koryttseva M.
2-66-17-5
Cornet A.
Peng S.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Hantuchova D.
6-16-3
R64
Benesova I.
Mirza S.
6-12-1
Bondarenko A.
Sequera M.
3-60-1
Dellacqua C.
Dulko G.
6-36-4
Kanepi K.
Pennetta F.
6-27-66
Jankovic J.
Black C.
6-36-3
Pironkova T.
Domachowska M.
6-36-4
Koryttseva M.
Obziler T.
5-77-56-4
Safarova L.
Ani M.
6-46-2
Bammer S.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-24-66-4
Schnyder P.
Craybas J.
6-36-2
Zvonareva V.
Yan Z.
6-26-0
Peer S.
Cirstea S.
6-35-76-0
Schiavone F.
Amanmuradova A.
6-46-2
Radwanska A.
Chan Y.
6-17-66
Williams S.
Govortsova O.
6-36-1
Stosur S.
Errani S.
6-36-2
Peng S.
Suarez Navarro C.
7-57-62
Cornet A.
Vaidisova N.
4-66-16-4
Hantuchova D.
Sugiyama A.
6-27-5
Wozniacki C.
Sfar S.
6-46-1
Arvidsson S.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-1
Dementieva E.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-4
Williams V.
Bacsinszky T.
6-36-2
Azarenka V.
Perebiynis T.
6-45-76-4
Razzano V.
Daniilidou E.
6-36-3
Morita A.
Erakovic M.
5-77-676-4
Li N.
Kuznetsova S.
7-656-4
Safina D.
Santangelo M.
6-37-61
Martinez Sanchez M.
Molik A.
6-16-1
Llagostera Vives N.
Koukalova K.
2-66-37-5
Zheng J.
Szavay A.
4-66-37-5
Cibulkova D.
Parmentier P.
6-17-5