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Dinara Safina #3 def. Ai Sugiyama #29

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2009*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Ai Sugiyama

Stat	Dinara Safina	Ai Sugiyama
Aces	2	0
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	56	73
First serve points won %	62	56
Second serve points won %	55	48
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	59	54
Return points won %	46	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Ai Sugiyama
Country	RUS	JPN
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jul 5, 1975
Age	22	33
Height	182	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	29
Ranking points (entering)	7,554	1,870
Elo (entering)	2,037	1,780
Career W-L	299–160	411–362
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 2 – 3 Ai Sugiyama

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Alizé Cornet	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Vera Dushevina	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Sorana Cirstea	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2009	F	Elena Dementieva	3-6 6-2 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ai Sugiyama's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Anabel Medina Garrigues	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Jill Craybas	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data