Victoria Azarenka #11 def. Dinara Safina #2

6-7(4) 6-1 6-3

Victoria Azarenka defeated Dinara Safina 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 in the 2009 Indian Wells Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVictoria AzarenkaDinara Safina
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
01
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
110
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
79.3%67.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
59.4%49.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
44.4%37.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
37.5%25.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.3%45.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
75.0%62.5%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
54.5%43.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.4%44.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+0.5-10.4
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+10.4-0.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldVictoria AzarenkaDinara Safina
Country BLR RUS
Birth dateJul 31, 1989Apr 27, 1986
Age1922
Height183 cm182 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)112
Ranking points (entering)3,4069,021
Elo (entering)1,9732,042
Current career W-L582–268304–161
Current career earnings$38,890,473$10,585,640
Pre-match H2H

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Shahar Peer #497-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 18, 2009R16
Elena Vesnina #566-3 7-5WH2HMatch dataMar 16, 2009R32
Yaroslava Shvedova #1304-6 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataMar 14, 2009R64

Victoria Azarenka's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Vera Zvonareva #63-6 3-6LH2HMatch dataMar 21, 2009SF

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jill Craybas #1027-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 18, 2009R16
Shuai Peng #347-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 16, 2009R32
Tsvetana Pironkova #507-6(8) 6-2WH2HMatch dataMar 14, 2009R64