Dinara Safina vs Alberta Brianti — Portoroz Semi-final

Portoroz · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 July 2009
hard
ITA
Alberta Brianti
46 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLL
Safina D.
6-4 6-3
Brianti A.
Safina D.
662
Brianti A.
43–

Dinara Safina defeated Alberta Brianti 6-4 6-3 in the Portoroz semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Alberta Brianti came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

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

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Brianti A.

Brianti 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.Brianti A.
1st serve in·Even
65%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
53%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.3
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 118). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Brianti A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
18
Break points saved·Dominant
79
44
Break points won·Dominant
84
56
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
32
Tiebreaks·
77
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Safina D.
Errani S.
6-756-17-5
Semi-finals
Errani S.
Voegele S.
6-16-2
Safina D.
Brianti A.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Brianti A.
Pin C.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Camerin M.
6-36-0
Voegele S.
De Los Rios R.
6-16-1
Errani S.
Martic P.
6-16-1
R16
Brianti A.
Govortsova O.
6-46-1
Pin C.
Kvitova P.
6-46-4
Voegele S.
Safarova L.
7-52-66-3
Martic P.
Dolonc V.
6-16-3
De Los Rios R.
Vinci R.
6-36-4
Errani S.
Koukalova K.
6-16-1
Safina D.
Pervak K.
6-16-2
Camerin M.
Dushevina V.
4-67-56-0
R32
Pin C.
Diatchenko V.
6-30-0
Camerin M.
Karatantcheva S.
6-16-4
Safina D.
Majeric T.
6-06-4
Dushevina V.
Garbin T.
6-06-3
Govortsova O.
Kanepi K.
6-16-2
Brianti A.
Hercog P.
7-56-4
Pervak K.
Goerges J.
6-44-66-2
Dolonc V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-31-67-5
Martic P.
Barrois K.
6-36-4
Koukalova K.
Zec Peskiric M.
6-26-4
Errani S.
Rus A.
6-16-0
Vinci R.
Kolar N.
6-26-0
De Los Rios R.
Kutuzova V.
5-76-47-66
Voegele S.
Tatishvili A.
6-14-66-3
Safarova L.
Obrien K.
6-46-4
Kvitova P.
Voskoboeva G.
4-66-37-64