QF Australian Open 2009

Dinara Safina #3 def. Jelena Dokic #187

6-4 4-6 6-4

Dinara Safina defeated Jelena Dokic 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 2009 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatDinara SafinaJelena Dokic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
54
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
118
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.6%64.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
71.7%56.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
38.5%50.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
58.3%68.4%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
58.6%53.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
31.6%41.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
46.2%41.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.9%48.1%
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.
+2.8-2.0
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.
+2.0-2.8

* 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 SafinaJelena Dokic
Country RUS AUS
Birth dateApr 27, 1986Apr 12, 1983
Age2225
Height182 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)3187
Ranking points (entering)7,754307
Elo (entering)2,0561,571
Current career W-L304–161212–177
Current career earnings$10,585,640$4,481,044
Pre-match H2H
Dinara Safina #3 1 0 Jelena Dokic #187

Path

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Alizé Cornet #166-2 2-6 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Kaia Kanepi #286-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Ekaterina Makarova #496-7(3) 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Alla Kudryavtseva #706-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128

Dinara Safina's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Vera Zvonareva #76-3 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataJan 30, 2009SF

Jelena Dokic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Alisa Kleybanova #317-5 5-7 8-6WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Caroline Wozniacki #123-6 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Anna Chakvetadze #186-4 6-7(4) 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Tamira Paszek 6-2 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128