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Dinara Safina #3 def. Jelena Dokic #187

6-4 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Loser	Jelena Dokic

Stat	Dinara Safina	Jelena Dokic
Aces	5	4
Double faults	11	8
First serve %	61	64
First serve points won %	72	56
Second serve points won %	38	50
Break points saved %	58	68
Break points converted %	32	42
Service points won %	59	54
Return points won %	46	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Jelena Dokic
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Apr 12, 1983
Age	22	25
Height	182	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	187
Ranking points (entering)	7,754	307
Elo (entering)	2,045	1,577
Career W-L	299–160	208–175
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$4,481,044

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 0 Jelena Dokic

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Alizé Cornet	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Kaia Kanepi	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Ekaterina Makarova	6-7(3) 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2009	SF	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Dokic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Alisa Kleybanova	7-5 5-7 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Caroline Wozniacki	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Anna Chakvetadze	6-4 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Tamira Paszek	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data