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Elena Dementieva #4 def. Dinara Safina #3

6-3 2-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 2009*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Elena Dementieva
Score	6-3 2-6 6-1
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Elena Dementieva	Dinara Safina
Aces	1	1
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	67	60
First serve points won %	66	60
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	70	29
Break points converted %	71	30
Service points won %	61	55
Return points won %	45	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Dementieva	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Oct 14, 1981	Apr 27, 1986
Age	27	22
Height	180	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,326	7,554
Elo (entering)	2,066	2,043
Career W-L	472–243	299–160
Career earnings	$14,867,437	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Elena Dementieva 3 – 5 Dinara Safina

Path

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	SF	Serena Williams	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Jarmila Wolfe	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	SF	Ai Sugiyama	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Alizé Cornet	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Vera Dushevina	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Sorana Cirstea	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data