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Dinara Safina #2 def. Jill Craybas #102

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 13, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Jill Craybas

Stat	Dinara Safina	Jill Craybas
Aces	5	1
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	52	57
First serve points won %	73	65
Second serve points won %	53	33
Break points saved %	40	64
Break points converted %	36	60
Service points won %	63	51
Return points won %	49	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Jill Craybas
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jul 4, 1974
Age	22	34
Height	182	160
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	102
Ranking points (entering)	9,021	629
Elo (entering)	2,030	1,595
Career W-L	299–160	161–256
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$2,552,154

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 4 – 0 Jill Craybas

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2009	R32	Shuai Peng	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2009	R64	Tsvetana Pironkova	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2009	QF	Victoria Azarenka	7-6(4) 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jill Craybas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2009	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2009	R64	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2009	R128	Jelena Dokic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data