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Lucie Safarova #35 def. Dinara Safina #113

6-3 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date Mar 4, 2011*
Tournament Kuala Lumpur
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Lucie Safarova
Score6-3 4-6 6-3
Loser Dinara Safina
StatLucie SafarovaDinara Safina
Aces24
Double faults67
First serve %5759
First serve points won %7167
Second serve points won %5649
Break points saved %6756
Break points converted %4433
Service points won %6459
Return points won %4136
Total points won %5248

Pre-match Comparison

FieldLucie SafarovaDinara Safina
Country CZE RUS
Birth dateFeb 4, 1987Apr 27, 1986
Age2424
Height177182
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)35113
Ranking points (entering)1,675592
Elo (entering)1,7361,768
Career W-L351–270299–160
Career earnings$12,656,891$10,585,640
Pre-match H2H
Lucie Safarova 2 2 Dinara Safina

Path

Lucie Safarova's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 3, 2011R32 Zarina Diyas 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch data

Lucie Safarova's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 5, 2011QF Marion Bartoli 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data

Dinara Safina's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 3, 2011R32 Xinyun Han 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data