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Dinara Safina #17 def. Elena Dementieva #9

3-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2008*
Tournament	Berlin
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	3-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva
Aces	3	0
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	72	66
First serve points won %	65	51
Second serve points won %	36	44
Break points saved %	20	62
Break points converted %	38	80
Service points won %	57	49
Return points won %	51	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Elena Dementieva
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Oct 14, 1981
Age	22	26
Height	182	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,412	2,440
Elo (entering)	1,893	2,041
Career W-L	299–160	472–243
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 2 – 2 Elena Dementieva

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	SF	Victoria Azarenka	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	QF	Serena Williams	2-6 6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Justine Henin	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Kaia Kanepi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Julia Goerges	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	SF	Ana Ivanovic	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	QF	Jelena Jankovic	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Vera Dushevina	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Kateryna Volodko	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data