Dinara Safina vs Alize Cornet — Sydney Quarter-final

Sydney · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2009
hard
FRA
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
Safina D.
6-3 6-4
Cornet A.
Safina D.
662
Cornet A.
34–

Dinara Safina defeated Alize Cornet 6-3 6-4 in the Sydney quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 32. 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
2011-04-18FesR16clayDinara Safina6-1 6-3
2009-01-19Australian OpenR16hardDinara Safina6-2 2-6 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Cornet A.

Cornet A.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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.Cornet A.
1st serve in·Even
65%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
55%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
1.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.8
4.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Cornet A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
53
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
57
Break points won·Even
84
83
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
74
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
47

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

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