Francesca Schiavone vs Dinara Safina — Montreal Round of 16

Montreal · WTA · Round of 16
ITA
Francesca Schiavone
46 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 August 2010
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Schiavone F.
6-4 6-3
Safina D.
Schiavone F.
662
Safina D.
43–

Francesca Schiavone defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the Montreal round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. Francesca Schiavone narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-08-23New HavenR32hardDinara Safina1-6 6-3 6-1
2007-05-28Roland GarrosR32clayDinara Safina3-6 6-3 6-1
2004-02-09ParisQFcarpetDinara Safina6-2 4-6 6-4
2003-09-29MoscowR16hardFrancesca Schiavone7-5 7-6(3)
2003-07-07PalermoQFclayDinara Safina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Schiavone F.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Schiavone F.

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
Schiavone F.Safina D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
42%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.4
2.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.9
6.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Schiavone F.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
40
72
Break points saved·Clear edge
61
79
Break points won·Clear edge
72
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
55
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
36
77

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CDrizzle
Wind 18 km/hHumidity 85%

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.
Zvonareva V.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Azarenka V.
7-661-0
Wozniacki C.
Kuznetsova S.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Zvonareva V.
Clijsters K.
2-66-36-2
Wozniacki C.
Schiavone F.
6-36-2
Kuznetsova S.
Zheng J.
6-16-3
Azarenka V.
Bartoli M.
6-27-66
R16
Zvonareva V.
Szavay A.
6-36-3
Kuznetsova S.
Radwanska A.
6-41-66-3
Zheng J.
Dementieva E.
7-636-4
Bartoli M.
Benesova I.
6-06-1
Azarenka V.
Li N.
6-36-3
Clijsters K.
Kanepi K.
6-26-1
Schiavone F.
Safina D.
6-46-3
Wozniacki C.
Pennetta F.
4-66-36-1
R32
Radwanska A.
King V.
6-06-3
Safina D.
Petrova N.
7-54-66-4
Pennetta F.
Kleybanova A.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.
Schnyder P.
7-57-5
Bartoli M.
Date Krumm K.
W/O
Zvonareva V.
Shvedova Y.
6-26-1
Zheng J.
Rezai A.
5-77-666-1
Dementieva E.
Koukalova K.
6-26-4
Benesova I.
Jankovic J.
7-636-3
Azarenka V.
Kirilenko M.
6-46-1
Schiavone F.
Makarova K.
6-46-756-2
Kuznetsova S.
Bacsinszky T.
7-666-4
Szavay A.
Wickmayer Y.
6-756-36-4
Kanepi K.
Bammer S.
7-56-2
Clijsters K.
Mattek Sands B.
4-66-46-3
Li N.
Gajdosova J.
6-36-2
R64
Pennetta F.
Hantuchova D.
6-07-5
Kleybanova A.
El Tabakh H.
6-16-2
Kanepi K.
Peer S.
6-36-3
Wickmayer Y.
Govortsova O.
6-37-67
Shvedova Y.
Kerber A.
6-756-16-4
Bacsinszky T.
Wozniak A.
6-36-2
Rezai A.
Kvitova P.
6-717-56-3
King V.
Medina Garrigues A.
4-66-16-2
Zheng J.
Srebotnik K.
6-36-2
Schnyder P.
Razzano V.
6-747-56-3
Koukalova K.
Dubois S.
4-67-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-54-66-1
Benesova I.
Errani S.
6-36-2
Date Krumm K.
Niculescu M.
7-644-66-2
Bartoli M.
Tetreault V.
6-16-0
Azarenka V.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-1
Kirilenko M.
Cibulkova D.
6-06-3
Gajdosova J.
Bondarenko A.
7-696-2
Mattek Sands B.
Oudin M.
6-16-4
Szavay A.
Dulko G.
6-44-67-63
Bammer S.
Dulgheru A.
6-23-66-3
Petrova N.
Safarova L.
7-54-66-3
Makarova K.
Hradecka L.
6-06-4
Safina D.
Petkovic A.
6-36-3