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Dinara Safina #1 def. Flavia Pennetta #12

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 15, 2009*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	3	0
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	71	51
First serve points won %	79	45
Second serve points won %	42	19
Break points saved %	67	14
Break points converted %	86	33
Service points won %	68	33
Return points won %	67	32
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Feb 25, 1982
Age	23	27
Height	182	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	12
Ranking points (entering)	9,601	3,190
Elo (entering)	2,090	1,982
Career W-L	299–160	418–272
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 6 – 0 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2009	QF	Kim Clijsters	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2009	R16	Shuai Peng	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2009	R32	Roberta Vinci	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2009	F	Jelena Jankovic	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2009	QF	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2009	R16	Venus Williams	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2009	R32	Agnes Szavay	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2009	R64	Ayumi Morita	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data