Dinara Safina vs Vera Dushevina — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2009
hard
RUS
Vera Dushevina
39 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLLLL
Safina D.
6-3 6-0
Dushevina V.
Safina D.
662
Dushevina V.
30–

Dinara Safina defeated Vera Dushevina 6-3 6-0 in the Sydney round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-02-07ParisR16carpetDinara Safina6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Dushevina V.

Dushevina V.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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.Dushevina V.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
51%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 150). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Dushevina V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
27
Break points saved·Dominant
79
48
Break points won·Clear edge
84
70
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
29
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
61

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