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Serena Williams #8 def. Dinara Safina #11

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 2007*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Serena Williams	Dinara Safina
Aces	4	1
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	60	52
First serve points won %	63	50
Second serve points won %	55	27
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	60	39
Return points won %	61	40
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Dinara Safina
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 27, 1986
Age	25	21
Height	175	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,880	1,798
Elo (entering)	2,104	1,908
Career W-L	825–170	299–160
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 1 Dinara Safina

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2007	R32	Michaella Krajicek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2007	R64	Milagros Sequera	6-0 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2007	R128	Tsvetana Pironkova	5-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2007	QF	Justine Henin	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2007	R32	Francesca Schiavone	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2007	R64	Tzipora Obziler	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2007	R128	Yuliana Fedak	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data