Dinara Safina vs Patty Schnyder — Madrid Semi-final

Madrid · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2009
clay
SUI
Patty Schnyder
47 yrs · 168 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLWWWW
Safina D.
6-4 6-2
Schnyder P.
Safina D.
662
Schnyder P.
42–

Dinara Safina defeated Patty Schnyder 6-4 6-2 in the Madrid semi-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-07-28MontrealR16hardDinara Safina6-2 6-2
2004-02-09ParisR16carpetDinara Safina4-6 6-2 6-1
2002-07-21SopotR16clayDinara Safina6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Schnyder P.

Schnyder P.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.Schnyder P.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
61%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
50%
Service points won·Even
57%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
43%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 122). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Schnyder P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
58
Break points saved·Even
79
79
Break points won·Clear edge
84
67
Deciding sets·Even
79
76
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
47

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