Dinara Safina vs Maria Kirilenko — Seoul Round of 16

Seoul · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 September 2010
hard
RUS
Maria Kirilenko
39 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
Safina D.
6-2 6-3
Kirilenko M.
Safina D.
662
Kirilenko M.
23–

Dinara Safina defeated Maria Kirilenko 6-2 6-3 in the Seoul round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Maria Kirilenko came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's semi-final. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-08-23New HavenQFhardMaria Kirilenko6-3 6-3
2010-01-18Australian OpenR16hardMaria Kirilenko5-4 RET
2005-06-13s HertogenboschR16grassDinara Safina6-4 7-6(2)

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Kirilenko M.

Kirilenko M.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Serve advantage — Kirilenko M.

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.Kirilenko M.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
64%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
48%
Service points won·Even
55%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.0
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.3
3.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Kirilenko M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
59
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
72
Break points won·Slight edge
84
74
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
71
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
77
66

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
Kleybanova A.
Koukalova K.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Koukalova K.
Petrova N.
5-4
Kleybanova A.
Szavay A.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Kleybanova A.
Makarova K.
6-16-2
Petrova N.
Flipkens K.
6-26-1
Szavay A.
Date Krumm K.
6-26-736-3
Koukalova K.
Safina D.
7-56-3
R16
Makarova K.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-47-5
Petrova N.
King V.
6-36-4
Koukalova K.
Dushevina V.
6-47-65
Safina D.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-3
Szavay A.
Baltacha E.
6-37-5
Flipkens K.
Shvedova Y.
6-46-1
Date Krumm K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-1
Kleybanova A.
Pervak K.
6-7136-16-2
R32
Makarova K.
Benesova I.
6-23-67-5
Petrova N.
Gajdosova J.
6-36-2
Kirilenko M.
Radwanska U.
6-36-1
Safina D.
Halep S.
6-46-4
Koukalova K.
Goerges J.
7-52-67-5
Dushevina V.
Ivanovic A.
2-66-46-2
Kleybanova A.
Chang K.
6-26-3
Pervak K.
Chan Y.
6-47-5
Szavay A.
Hercog P.
6-16-2
Baltacha E.
Kim S.
6-36-4
Date Krumm K.
Namigata J.
6-27-5
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Rodionova A.
7-666-1
Martinez Sanchez M.
Hsieh S.
7-636-4
King V.
Brianti A.
6-47-5
Flipkens K.
Jovanovski B.
2-66-36-4
Shvedova Y.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-47-5