Dinara Safina vs Jie ZhengOlympics Round of 16

Olympics · WTA · Round of 16
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008 ·
hard
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Safina D.
6-4 6-3
Zheng J.
Safina D.
662
Zheng J.
430

Dinara Safina defeated Jie Zheng 6-4 6-3 in the Olympics round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Dinara Safina extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

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DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-08-03Los AngelesR16hardJie Zheng7-5 4-6 6-4
2009-05-04RomeR16clayDinara Safina5-7 6-1 7-6
2008-05-26Roland GarrosR32clayDinara Safina6-2 7-5
2005-01-17Australian OpenR128hardDinara Safina7-5 3-6 6-4

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
71%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
68
57
Break points saved·Clear edge
45
25
Break points won·Even
88
88
Deciding sets·Slight edge
83
76
Tiebreaks·Even
78
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

Draw