Vera Zvonareva vs Dinara SafinaBeijing Round of 64

Beijing · WTA · Round of 64
1693ELO
1659Hard ELO
41 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 October 2010
hard
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Zvonareva V.
6-4 7-6
Safina D.
Zvonareva V.
6782
Safina D.
466

Vera Zvonareva defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 7-6 in the Beijing round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 6–5, defending last year's round of 32. Vera Zvonareva narrowed the head-to-head to 6–6.

Key context

Head to head

56
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-03-21MiamiR64hardVera Zvonareva3-6 6-3 6-2
2009-01-19Australian OpenSFhardDinara Safina6-3 7-6(4)
2008-10-06MoscowSFhardVera Zvonareva6-2 7-6(5)
2008-03-24MiamiQFhardVera Zvonareva7-5 6-4
2008-02-18DohaR16hardVera Zvonareva7-5 6-3
2007-10-08MoscowQFhardDinara Safina6-2 3-6 6-3
2007-04-09CharlestonSFclayDinara Safina6-3 0-1 RET
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayDinara Safina6-3 7-5
2006-04-10CharlestonR32clayDinara Safina7-5 7-5
2004-05-10RomeR32clayVera Zvonareva1-6 6-4 6-2
2002-07-21SopotSFclayDinara Safina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Zvonareva V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Zvonareva V.

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
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
42%
Service points won·Even
57%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Even
56%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.5
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
6.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 44). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Even
76
72
Break points saved·Even
79
79
Break points won·Slight edge
94
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
92
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
51
77

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
21°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 36%

Draw