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Julia Vakulenko #53 def. Dinara Safina #10

6-3 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2007*
Tournament	Berlin
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Julia Vakulenko
Score	6-3 5-7 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Julia Vakulenko	Dinara Safina
Aces	1	3
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	70	63
First serve points won %	60	55
Second serve points won %	33	27
Break points saved %	63	36
Break points converted %	64	37
Service points won %	52	45
Return points won %	55	48
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Julia Vakulenko	Dinara Safina
Country	UKR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1983	Apr 27, 1986
Age	23	21
Height	183	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	10
Ranking points (entering)	478	1,863
Elo (entering)	1,706	1,917
Career W-L	51–76	299–160
Career earnings	$869,480	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Julia Vakulenko 0 – 1 Dinara Safina

Path

Julia Vakulenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2007	R16	Amélie Mauresmo	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2007	R32	Meilen Tu	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2007	R64	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Julia Vakulenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2007	SF	Ana Ivanovic	3-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2007	R16	Lucie Safarova	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2007	R32	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data