Ana Ivanovic #2 def. Dinara Safina #14

6-4 6-3

Ana Ivanovic defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the 2008 Roland Garros final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 7, 2008*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 2008
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Ana Ivanovic	Dinara Safina
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	69	68
First serve points won %	68	54
Second serve points won %	43	42
Break points saved %	60	44
Break points converted %	56	40
Service points won %	60	50
Return points won %	50	40
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Ana Ivanovic	Dinara Safina
Country	SRB	RUS
Birth date	Nov 6, 1987	Apr 27, 1986
Age	20	22
Height	184 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	3,922	1,662
Elo (entering)	2,097	1,998
Current career W-L	421–216	304–161
Current career earnings	$15,510,787	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Ana Ivanovic #2 2 – 1 Dinara Safina #14

Path

Ana Ivanovic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jelena Jankovic #3	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 2008	SF
Patty Schnyder #11	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 2008	QF
Petra Cetkovska #77	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 2008	R16
Caroline Wozniacki #34	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 2008	R32
Lucie Safarova #41	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2008	R64
Sofia Arvidsson #52	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 2008	R128

Ana Ivanovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova #4	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 2008	SF
Elena Dementieva #8	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 2008	QF
Maria Sharapova #1	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 2008	R16
Jie Zheng #200	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 2008	R32
Magdalena Rybarikova #158	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2008	R64
Kateryna Volodko #57	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 2008	R128