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Amélie Mauresmo #1 def. Dinara Safina #13

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Amélie Mauresmo
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Amélie Mauresmo	Dinara Safina
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	69	58
Second serve points won %	70	19
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	69	42
Return points won %	57	31
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Amélie Mauresmo	Dinara Safina
Country	FRA	RUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1979	Apr 27, 1986
Age	27	20
Height	175	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	13
Ranking points (entering)	3,470	1,416
Elo (entering)	2,171	1,925
Career W-L	458–183	299–160
Career earnings	$15,022,476	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Amélie Mauresmo 2 – 1 Dinara Safina

Path

Amélie Mauresmo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2006	R16	Serena Williams	6-4 0-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2006	R32	Mara Santangelo	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2006	R64	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Kristina Barrois	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Amélie Mauresmo's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2006	SF	Maria Sharapova	0-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2006	R16	Virginie Razzano	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2006	R32	Jarmila Wolfe	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2006	R64	Yuliana Fedak	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Yuliya Beygelzimer	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data