Dinara Safina #1 def. Flavia Pennetta #14

3-6 7-5 6-0

Dinara Safina defeated Flavia Pennetta 3-6 7-5 6-0 in the 2009 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatDinara SafinaFlavia Pennetta
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
61
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
73
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
64.3%69.9%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
68.5%50.8%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
36.7%46.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%36.4%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.1%49.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
63.6%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
50.5%42.9%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.7%46.3%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.3-6.4
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.3-1.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldDinara SafinaFlavia Pennetta
Country RUS ITA
Birth dateApr 27, 1986Feb 25, 1982
Age2327
Height182 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)114
Ranking points (entering)8,9513,040
Elo (entering)2,0201,870
Current career W-L304–161420–274
Current career earnings$10,585,640$14,197,886
Pre-match H2H

Path

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Agnieszka Radwanska #126-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 2, 2009QF
Daniela Hantuchova #396-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 1, 2009R16
Sara Errani #376-0 6-1WH2HMatch dataApr 30, 2009R32

Dinara Safina's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Svetlana Kuznetsova #94-6 3-6LH2HMatch dataMay 3, 2009F

Flavia Pennetta's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jelena Jankovic #42-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 2, 2009QF
Nadia Petrova #106-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 1, 2009R16
Anna Chakvetadze #226-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataApr 30, 2009R32