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Vera Zvonareva #20 def. Dinara Safina #13

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 29, 2008*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Vera Zvonareva
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Vera Zvonareva	Dinara Safina
Aces	0	2
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	68	67
First serve points won %	57	64
Second serve points won %	62	39
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	58	56
Return points won %	44	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vera Zvonareva	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Sep 7, 1984	Apr 27, 1986
Age	23	21
Height	172	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,367	1,627
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,843
Career W-L	459–268	299–160
Career earnings	$16,987,921	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Vera Zvonareva 2 – 5 Dinara Safina

Path

Vera Zvonareva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Ai Sugiyama	6-2 6-7(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Alisa Kleybanova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Ekaterina Bychkova	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vera Zvonareva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	SF	Jelena Jankovic	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Lindsay Davenport	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Sybille Bammer	4-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data