Dinara Safina vs Roberta Vinci — Cincinnati Round of 64

Cincinnati · WTA · Round of 64
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 August 2010
hard
ITA
Roberta Vinci
43 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWWLW
Safina D.
7-5 6-4
Vinci R.
Safina D.
762
Vinci R.
54–

Dinara Safina defeated Roberta Vinci 7-5 6-4 in the Cincinnati round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's final. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-10-05BeijingR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-4
2009-08-10CincinnatiR32hardDinara Safina2-6 7-5 6-4
2008-08-25US OpenR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-3
2005-09-26LuxembourgQFhardDinara Safina5-7 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Vinci R.

Vinci R.serving67% hold

wins 57% 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.Vinci R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
46%
Service points won·Even
55%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.0
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.9
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (44 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Vinci R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
64
Break points won·Clear edge
84
72
Deciding sets·Even
79
75
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
63

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
Weather
31°COvercast
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 41%

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Sharapova M.
2-67-646-2
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Ivanovic A.
2-1
Sharapova M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-43-66-2
Quarter-finals
Clijsters K.
Pennetta F.
7-666-4
Ivanovic A.
Amanmuradova A.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.
Bartoli M.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Wickmayer Y.
7-53-66-1
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Peer S.
5-76-46-4
Sharapova M.
Radwanska A.
6-26-3
Clijsters K.
Mchale C.
6-16-1
Pennetta F.
Zvonareva V.
6-46-3
Bartoli M.
Wozniacki C.
6-46-1
Amanmuradova A.
Jankovic J.
7-636-4
Wickmayer Y.
Li N.
2-66-27-64
Ivanovic A.
Vesnina E.
6-06-3
R32
Amanmuradova A.
Jovanovski B.
6-26-0
Ivanovic A.
Shvedova Y.
6-17-5
Li N.
Errani S.
6-26-2
Wickmayer Y.
Dulko G.
7-636-2
Vesnina E.
Schiavone F.
6-46-4
Clijsters K.
Safina D.
7-56-2
Mchale C.
Morita A.
6-26-4
Pennetta F.
Niculescu M.
6-06-1
Zvonareva V.
Kirilenko M.
7-52-67-62
Peer S.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Dementieva E.
6-16-3
Radwanska A.
Kleybanova A.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Petkovic A.
6-36-1
Bartoli M.
Bondarenko A.
7-646-1
Wozniacki C.
Bammer S.
6-06-2
Jankovic J.
Dushevina V.
6-43-66-1
R64
Niculescu M.
Lisicki S.
6-36-0
Kirilenko M.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-3
Mchale C.
Petrova N.
7-645-3
Peer S.
Govortsova O.
6-34-1
Morita A.
Parra Santonja A.
7-676-2
Kleybanova A.
Dulgheru A.
6-46-4
Shvedova Y.
Kudryavtseva A.
7-56-4
Vesnina E.
Oudin M.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Vinci R.
7-56-4
Dushevina V.
Rodionova A.
6-27-67
Errani S.
Hampton J.
6-46-2
Dulko G.
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Wickmayer Y.
Arn G.
6-26-2
Pennetta F.
Zheng J.
6-46-2
Llagostera Vives N.
King V.
3-66-36-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Hantuchova D.
6-36-4
Petkovic A.
Vandeweghe C.
7-616-1
Sharapova M.
Kuznetsova S.
6-41-66-2
Bartoli M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-0
Bondarenko A.
Cibulkova D.
3-66-26-3
Bammer S.
Cirstea S.
7-656-2
Amanmuradova A.
Date Krumm K.
6-16-2
Jovanovski B.
Rezai A.
4-66-36-4
Ivanovic A.
Azarenka V.
2-67-666-2