Dinara Safina vs Alona Bondarenko — Madrid Quarter-final

Madrid · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2009
clay
UKR
Alona Bondarenko
41 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Safina D.
6-4 6-3
Bondarenko A.
Safina D.
662
Bondarenko A.
43–

Dinara Safina defeated Alona Bondarenko 6-4 6-3 in the Madrid quarter-final on clay. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-08-02San DiegoR32hardDinara Safina6-1 7-6(2)
2008-04-07Amelia IslandR16clayAlona Bondarenko7-6(5) 0-6 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Bondarenko A.

Bondarenko A.serving55% hold

wins 52% 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.Bondarenko A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
71%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
55%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.3
0.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 107). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Bondarenko A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
51
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
60
Break points won·Slight edge
84
77
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
46

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
20°CMainly clear
Wind 18 km/hHumidity 45%

Draw

Final
Safina D.
Wozniacki C.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Safina D.
Schnyder P.
6-46-2
Wozniacki C.
Mauresmo A.
7-616-3
Quarter-finals
Safina D.
Bondarenko A.
6-46-3
Mauresmo A.
Szavay A.
5-76-16-1
Wozniacki C.
Dushevina V.
6-06-4
Schnyder P.
Jankovic J.
7-666-3
R16
Bondarenko A.
Chakvetadze A.
6-02-66-3
Safina D.
Safarova L.
6-04-66-3
Wozniacki C.
Kleybanova A.
6-26-2
Mauresmo A.
Dementieva E.
1-66-46-2
Szavay A.
Azarenka V.
4-66-26-2
Schnyder P.
Petrova N.
6-46-727-65
Jankovic J.
Vesnina E.
6-26-2
Dushevina V.
Schiavone F.
6-34-66-2
R32
Szavay A.
Rezai A.
2-67-56-2
Safarova L.
Keothavong A.
6-17-5
Chakvetadze A.
Stosur S.
1-66-27-64
Bondarenko A.
Kuznetsova S.
6-36-2
Jankovic J.
Hantuchova D.
7-56-2
Schnyder P.
Wozniak A.
6-26-4
Petrova N.
Groenefeld A.
4-67-637-65
Azarenka V.
Peng S.
6-46-1
Schiavone F.
Kvitova P.
6-46-2
Dushevina V.
Vinci R.
4-66-16-4
Wozniacki C.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-1
Kleybanova A.
Williams V.
6-33-67-5
Dementieva E.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-36-2
Mauresmo A.
Zheng J.
6-27-5
Vesnina E.
Razzano V.
7-56-3
Safina D.
Li N.
6-37-62
R64
Petrova N.
Benesova I.
6-02-1
Groenefeld A.
Niculescu M.
6-16-0
Safarova L.
Kanepi K.
6-22-3
Wozniacki C.
Peer S.
5-4
Kvitova P.
Bammer S.
4-1
Schiavone F.
Williams S.
6-40-0
Lepchenko V.
Rybarikova M.
7-6125-76-1
Kleybanova A.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-36-4
Dementieva E.
Mattek Sands B.
6-46-1
Dominguez Lino L.
Amanmuradova A.
7-656-4
Mauresmo A.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-4
Zheng J.
Kirilenko M.
6-46-4
Szavay A.
Pennetta F.
6-36-726-2
Rezai A.
Pironkova T.
6-36-4
Peng S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-17-62
Schnyder P.
Errani S.
6-26-3
Wozniak A.
Bartoli M.
7-626-2
Vesnina E.
Cornet A.
7-56-1
Razzano V.
Tanasugarn T.
6-04-66-3
Hantuchova D.
Dulko G.
7-676-1
Jankovic J.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-26-1
Bondarenko A.
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Chakvetadze A.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-46-3
Stosur S.
Radwanska A.
7-646-1
Keothavong A.
Duque Marino M.
6-37-64
Li N.
Suarez Navarro C.
5-76-17-5
Dushevina V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-4
Vinci R.
Martinez Sanchez M.
4-66-26-4