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Dinara Safina #5 def. Dominika Cibulkova #21

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 2008*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Dominika Cibulkova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulkova
Aces	9	1
Double faults	8	3
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	76	63
Second serve points won %	36	40
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	59	54
Return points won %	46	41
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulkova
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	May 6, 1989
Age	22	19
Height	182	161
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	21
Ranking points (entering)	3,357	1,232
Elo (entering)	2,053	1,832
Career W-L	299–160	365–261
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$13,725,520

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 0 Dominika Cibulkova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 2008	QF	Kaia Kanepi	6-4 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dominika Cibulkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2008	R32	Amélie Mauresmo	0-6 6-1 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data