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Nadia Petrova #4 def. Dinara Safina #19

3-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2006*
Tournament	Berlin
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Nadia Petrova
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Nadia Petrova	Dinara Safina
Aces	7	8
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	66	69
First serve points won %	68	58
Second serve points won %	48	58
Break points saved %	62	67
Break points converted %	33	38
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nadia Petrova	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 8, 1982	Apr 27, 1986
Age	23	20
Height	178	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,369	934
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,881
Career W-L	441–276	299–160
Career earnings	$12,466,924	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Nadia Petrova 1 – 0 Dinara Safina

Path

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2006	R16	Jie Zheng	7-6(3) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Vera Zvonareva	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	SF	Na Li	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2006	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Kveta Peschke	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data