Dinara Safina vs Dominika Cibulkova — Tokyo Round of 16

Tokyo · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2008
hard
SVK
Dominika Cibulkova
37 yrs · 161 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWWLLL
Safina D.
6-3 6-4
Cibulkova D.
Safina D.
662
Cibulkova D.
34–

Dinara Safina defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-3 6-4 in the Tokyo round of 16 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 6–4.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-05-25Roland GarrosSFclayDinara Safina6-3 6-3
2008-07-28MontrealFhardDinara Safina6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Cibulkova D.

Cibulkova D.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Cibulkova D.
1st serve in·Even
64%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Service points won·Even
58%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.8
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Cibulkova D.
Clutch Rating·Even
72
71
Break points saved·Even
79
78
Break points won·Even
84
87
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
72
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
77
83

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
24°CDrizzle
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 80%

Draw

Final
Safina D.
Kuznetsova S.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Srebotnik K.
7-656-2
Safina D.
Petrova N.
6-16-0
Quarter-finals
Petrova N.
Radwanska A.
6-36-0
Safina D.
Kanepi K.
6-46-756-2
Kuznetsova S.
Jankovic J.
2-67-57-5
Srebotnik K.
Dementieva E.
6-36-4
R16
Radwanska A.
Bartoli M.
6-26-3
Jankovic J.
Pennetta F.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.
Morita A.
6-16-1
Dementieva E.
Cornet A.
6-06-3
Srebotnik K.
Schiavone F.
6-46-3
Kanepi K.
Razzano V.
6-46-2
Safina D.
Cibulkova D.
6-36-4
Petrova N.
Ivanovic A.
6-11-66-2
R32
Petrova N.
Rezai A.
7-56-2
Schiavone F.
Hantuchova D.
6-17-5
Kanepi K.
Chakvetadze A.
6-43-66-3
Pennetta F.
Peer S.
6-46-4
Srebotnik K.
Wozniacki C.
6-16-2
Cornet A.
Wozniak A.
4-66-36-3
Kuznetsova S.
Li N.
6-21-66-3
Morita A.
Szavay A.
6-777-56-4
Razzano V.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-2
Cibulkova D.
Mauresmo A.
0-66-17-68
Radwanska A.
Nakamura A.
6-16-4
Bartoli M.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-2