Dinara Safina vs Sorana Cirstea — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2009
hard
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#17WTA
1957ELO
1914Hard ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
Safina D.
6-2 6-1
Cirstea S.
Safina D.
662
Cirstea S.
21–

Dinara Safina defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-1 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Cirstea S.serving69% hold

wins 58% 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

Serve & return on hard

Safina D.Cirstea S.
—
Serve
67
—
Return
70

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Safina D.Cirstea S.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
59%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.3
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Cirstea S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
85
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
86
Break points won·Slight edge
84
92
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
85
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
96

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

Freshness

Recent load
Safina D.Cirstea S.
Freshness·
—
91

Cirstea S.: 10 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
6-32-66-1
Semi-finals
Safina D.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-63
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Kuznetsova S.
W/O
Dementieva E.
Radwanska A.
6-25-76-4
Williams S.
Wozniacki C.
6-756-37-63
Safina D.
Cornet A.
6-36-4
R16
Wozniacki C.
South M.
6-26-0
Williams S.
Errani S.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Gajdosova J.
6-26-4
Radwanska A.
Hantuchova D.
6-37-5
Kuznetsova S.
Kanepi K.
6-22-67-63
Sugiyama A.
Medina Garrigues A.
2-66-16-2
Cornet A.
Kleybanova A.
7-656-1
Safina D.
Dushevina V.
6-36-0
R32
South M.
Bartoli M.
1-1
Errani S.
Dellacqua C.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Cibulkova D.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Makarova K.
7-56-1
Gajdosova J.
Knapp K.
6-46-2
Hantuchova D.
Koukalova K.
6-36-0
Radwanska A.
Bammer S.
6-46-3
Williams S.
Stosur S.
6-36-747-5
Kuznetsova S.
Peng S.
3-66-16-3
Kanepi K.
Kerber A.
6-17-5
Sugiyama A.
Craybas J.
6-26-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Yakimova A.
6-13-66-3
Cornet A.
Petrova N.
6-26-4
Dushevina V.
Starr E.
6-06-1
Safina D.
Cirstea S.
6-26-1
Kleybanova A.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-2