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Dinara Safina #14 def. Elena Dementieva #8

4-6 7-6(5) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva
Aces	3	1
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	67	69
First serve points won %	71	56
Second serve points won %	29	54
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	57	55
Return points won %	45	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Oct 14, 1981
Age	22	26
Height	182	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,662	2,590
Elo (entering)	1,958	2,030
Career W-L	299–160	472–243
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 3 – 2 Elena Dementieva

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2008	R16	Maria Sharapova	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jie Zheng	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Kateryna Volodko	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2008	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2008	R16	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Olga Govortsova	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Marta Domachowska	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Vera Dushevina	6-7(6) 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data