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Dinara Safina #3 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #52

6-1 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 2008*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-1 7-6(6)
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	4	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	72	53
First serve points won %	71	67
Second serve points won %	53	34
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	66	52
Return points won %	48	34
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	RUS	BUL
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Sep 13, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	182	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	52
Ranking points (entering)	3,747	578
Elo (entering)	2,085	1,652
Career W-L	299–160	169–222
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 0 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2008	QF	Venus Williams	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2008	R32	Alizé Cornet	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data