R16 China Open 2004

Serena Williams #10 def. Dinara Safina #60

6-4 3-6 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2004 China Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 24, 2004*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2004
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Dinara Safina
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 27, 1986
Age	22	18
Height	175 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	60
Ranking points (entering)	2,273	583
Elo (entering)	2,253	1,655
Current career W-L	837–172	304–161
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #10 1 – 0 Dinara Safina #60

Path

Serena Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nadia Petrova #13	6-2 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2004	QF

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Zi Yan #235	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 23, 2004	R32