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Dinara Safina #1 def. Flavia Pennetta #14

3-6 7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2009*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	3-6 7-5 6-0
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	6	1
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	64	70
First serve points won %	69	51
Second serve points won %	37	46
Break points saved %	50	36
Break points converted %	64	50
Service points won %	57	49
Return points won %	51	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Feb 25, 1982
Age	23	27
Height	182	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	8,951	3,040
Elo (entering)	2,012	1,872
Career W-L	299–160	418–272
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 5 – 0 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Sara Errani	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2009	F	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Jelena Jankovic	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Nadia Petrova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Anna Chakvetadze	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data