Dinara Safina vs Mara Santangelo — Olympics Round of 64

Olympics · WTA · Round of 64
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008
hard
ITA
Mara Santangelo
45 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLW
Safina D.
6-3 7-6
Santangelo M.
Safina D.
6772
Santangelo M.
361–

Dinara Safina defeated Mara Santangelo 6-3 7-6 in the Olympics round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-10-02StuttgartR32clayDinara Safina6-1 5-7 7-6(9)
2004-05-10RomeR64clayDinara Safina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Santangelo M.

Santangelo M.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Santangelo M.
1st serve in·Even
64%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
42%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
37%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.7
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (175 vs 18). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Santangelo M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
38
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
67
Break points won·Dominant
84
57
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
47
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
57

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