Dinara Safina vs Lucie Safarova — Madrid Round of 16

Madrid · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2009
clay
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Safina D.
6-0 4-6 6-3
Safarova L.
Safina D.
6462
Safarova L.
0631

Dinara Safina defeated Lucie Safarova 6-0 4-6 6-3 in the Madrid round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-02-28Kuala LumpurR16hardLucie Safarova6-3 4-6 6-3
2007-05-07BerlinR16grassDinara Safina3-6 6-3 6-2
2006-01-02Gold CoastSFhardLucie Safarova6-4 6-2
2005-06-13s HertogenboschQFgrassLucie Safarova6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Even serve battle

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.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Even
65%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.3
5.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
89
Break points won·Dominant
84
50
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
48
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
50

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