Dinara Safina vs Roberta VinciLuxembourg Quarter-final

Luxembourg · WTA · Quarter-final
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 September 2005 ·
hard
43 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Safina D.
5-7 6-3 6-4
Vinci R.
Safina D.
5662
Vinci R.
7341

Dinara Safina defeated Roberta Vinci 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the Luxembourg quarter-final 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

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DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-08-09CincinnatiR64hardDinara Safina7-5 6-4
2009-10-05BeijingR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-4
2009-08-10CincinnatiR32hardDinara Safina2-6 7-5 6-4
2008-08-25US OpenR64hardDinara Safina6-4 6-3

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
43%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
68
62
Break points saved·Slight edge
45
36
Break points won·Even
88
87
Deciding sets·Even
83
83
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
78
69

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

Draw