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Dinara Safina #8 def. Dominika Cibulkova #31

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 2008*
Tournament	Montreal
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Dominika Cibulkova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulkova
Aces	8	1
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	56	53
First serve points won %	68	46
Second serve points won %	50	29
Break points saved %	75	45
Break points converted %	55	25
Service points won %	60	38
Return points won %	62	40
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulkova
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	May 6, 1989
Age	22	19
Height	182	161
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	31
Ranking points (entering)	2,522	934
Elo (entering)	2,044	1,836
Career W-L	299–160	365–261
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$13,725,520

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 0 – 0 Dominika Cibulkova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	SF	Victoria Azarenka	6-0 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Patty Schnyder	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Anastasia Rodionova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Dominika Cibulkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	SF	Marion Bartoli	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Jelena Jankovic	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Nadia Petrova	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Elena Dementieva	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2008	R64	Elena Vesnina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data